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BURKETT v. SHELL OIL COMPANY

No. 72-1065.

487 F.2d 1308 (1973)

Harvey Lawrence BURKETT, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. SHELL OIL COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

November 26, 1973.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William H. Saliba, Mobile, Ala., Steven R. Plotkin, New Orleans, La., for plaintiff-appellant.

William Simon, Michael W. Graney, Washington, D. C., G. Sage Lyons, Samuel W. Pipes, III, Mobile, Ala., for defendant-appellee.

Before COLEMAN and GODBOLD, Circuit Judges, and GORDON, District Judge.

JACK M. GORDON, District Judge:

This appeal provides a clear illustration of how relatively simple legal issues easily can be mistaken for complexities of the first magnitude through a befuddled presentation of the facts. In this matter plaintiff-appellant contests the district court's ruling that denied plaintiff's request to reargue two motions previously decided by the district court. Appellee has filed a motion to dismiss the appeal, which, pursuant to this Court...

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