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TEMPLET v. HYDROCHEM INC.

No. 03-30250.

367 F.3d 473 (2004)

Lucien TEMPLET, Jr.; et al., Plaintiffs, Melba Irvin, Individually and on Behalf of Her Minor Child, Adam Irvin; Jimmy Irvin, Individually and on Behalf of His Minor Child, Adam Irvin, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. HYDROCHEM INC.; et al., Defendants, Hydrochem Inc.; Hydrochem Industrial Services Inc.; Georgia Gulf Corporation; Master Maintenance Corporation; Master Management Corporation; Payne & Keller Company Inc.; Louisiana Intrastate Gas Co. LLC; LA Intrastate Gas Corp.; Amoco Pipeline Co.; Amoco Energy Trading Corporation; XL Insurance Co., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

April 20, 2004.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daria Burgess Diaz, Robert Souren Abdalian (argued), Diaz & Abdalian, New Orleans, LA, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Luis A. Leitzelar (argued), Emile C. Rolfs, III, Michael Paul Fruge, Breazeale, Sachse & Wilson, Baton Rouge, LA, for Hydrochem Inc., Hydrochem Industrial Services Inc., Georgia Gulf Corp., Master Maintenance Corp., Master Management Corp. and Payne & Keller Co. Inc.

Reginald R. Smith, King & Spalding, Houston, TX, for Georgia Gulf Corp. and Payne & Keller Co. Inc.

Michael Stephen Sepcich, Lemle & Kelleher, New Orleans, LA, for Louisiana Intrastate Gas Co. and LA Intrastate Gas Corp.

Ronald A. Johnson, Michael W. Mallory, Johnson, Johnson, Barrios & Yacoubian, New Orleans, LA, for Amoco Pipeline Co. and Amoco Energy Trading Corp.

Thomas Edgard Schwab, Barkley & Thompson, New Orleans, LA, for XL Ins. Co.

Before DeMOSS, DENNIS and PRADO, Circuit Judges.

DeMOSS, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiffs-Appellants, Melba Irvin, et al. (the "Irvins"), appeal the granting of summary judgment by the district court for Defendants-Appellees, and the subsequent denial of the Irvins' Rule 59(e) motion to alter, amend, and reconsider in a toxic tort action arising from a chemical release from Defendants' facility.

BACKGROUND AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

This case arises out of claims brought in state court relating to the release...

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