MERRIMAN v. CROMPTON CORP.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rex A. Sharp, of Gunderson, Sharp & Walke, L.L.P., of Prairie Village, Kansas, argued the cause, and Isaac L. Diel, of Law Offices of Isaac L. Diel, of Bonner Springs, Kansas, Michael Flannery, of The David Danis Law Firm, P.C., of St. Louis, Missouri, Alexander E. Barnett, of The David Danis Law Firm, P.C., of New York, New York, Bonny E. Sweeney and Alreen Haeggquist, of Lerach Coughlin Stoia & Robbins, LLP, of San Diego, California, and Brian J. Robbins, of Robbins Umeda & Fink, LLP, of San Diego, California, were with him on the briefs for appellant.

D. Jarrett Arp, of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, LLP, of Washington, D.C., argued the cause, and James D. Slear, of the same firm, Stephen E. Robison and Lyndon W. Vix, of Fleeson, Gooing, Coulson & Kitch, LLC, of Wichita, Kansas, William D. Iverson and Michael J. Fanelli, of Covington & Burling, of Washington, D.C., and Daniel G. Swanson, of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, LLP, of Los Angeles, California, were with him on the briefs for appellees Flexsys America L.P. and Flexsys NV.

James A. Walker, of Triplett, Woolf & Garretson, LLC, of Wichita, Kansas, Amy W. Ray, William V. O'Reilly, and J. Andrew Read, of Jones Day, of Washington, D.C., and Brian K. Grube, of Jones Day, of Cleveland, Ohio, were on the briefs for appellees Bayer AG and Bayer Corporation.

Bill V. Hampton, Jr., of Hampton & Hampton, of Pratt, Kansas, Robert R. Eisenhauer, of Johnston & Eisenhauer, of Pratt, Kansas, and Ian Simmons and Benjamin G. Bradshaw, of O'Melveny & Myers, LLP, of Washington, D.C., were on the briefs for appellees Crompton Corporation, Uniroyal Chemical Company, Inc., and Uniroyal Chemical Company Limited.