DAYTON INDEP. SCHOOL DIST. v. U.S. MINERAL PRODS. CO.

Nos. 89-2529, 89-2733 and 89-2734.

906 F.2d 1059 (1990)

DAYTON INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT, et al., Plaintiffs, v. U.S. MINERAL PRODUCTS COMPANY, W.R. Grace & Co., and United States Gypsum Co., Defendants. COUNTY OF ORANGE, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. NATIONAL GYPSUM COMPANY, Defendant-Appellant. DAYTON INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. U.S. MINERAL PRODUCTS, CO., et al., Defendants, W.R. Grace & Company, Defendant-Appellant. COUNTY OF ORANGE, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. NATIONAL GYPSUM CO., et al., Defendants, W.R. Grace & Company, Defendant-Appellant. DAYTON INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. U.S. MINERAL PRODUCTS CO., et al., Defendants, United States Gypsum Company, Defendant-Appellant. COUNTY OF ORANGE, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. NATIONAL GYPSUM CO., et al., Defendants, United States Gypsum Company, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied August 28, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lawrence T. Hoyle, Jr., Denise D. Colliers, Charles B. Howland, Ralph A. Jacobs, Arlene Fickler, Hoyle, Morris & Kerr, Philadelphia, Pa., Harold H. Walker, Jr., Gardere & Wynne, Dallas, Tex., Patricia S. Greek, Andrews & Kurth, Houston, Tex., Walter J. Crawford, Wells, Peyton, Beard, Greenberg, Hunt & Crawford, Beaumont, Tex., Charles Dewey Cole, Jr., Meyer, Suozzi, English & Klein, P.C., A.W. Davis, Jr., Newton, Tex., Wendell C. Radford, Benckenstein, Oxford, Radford & Johnson, Beaumont, Tex., for Nat. Gypsum Co.

Martin Dies, Mary Caroline Parker, Orange, Tex., A.W. Davis, Jr., Newton, Tex., for County of Orange, et al.

Richard C. Hile, Tonahill, Hile, Leister & Jacobellis, Jasper, Tex., Ronald Scott, Robert B. Watts, Bracewell & Patterson, Houston, Tex., Martin Dies, Tonahill, Hile, Leister & Jacobellis, Beaumont, Tex., for Dayton Independent School Dist., et al.

Patricia S. Greek, Andrews & Kurth, Houston, Tex., Charles D. Cole, Jr., Meyer, Suozzi, English & Klein, Mineola, N.Y., Edward H. Green, Weller, Wheelus & Green, Beaumont, Tex., Stephen S. Andrews, Woodward, Hall & Primm, Houston, Tex., John H. Lewis, Jr., Amelia C. Benton, Morgan, Lewis, & Bockius, Philadelphia, Pa., Walter J. Crawford, Jr., Wells, Peyton, Beard, Greenberg, Hunt & Crawford, Beaumont, Tex., for other interested party — W.R. Grace & Co.

Edward H. Green, Beaumont, Tex., John H. Lewis, Jr., Amelia C. Benton, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, Philadelphia, Pa., Weller, Whellus & Green, Beaumont, Tex., Stephen S. Andrews, Woodard, Hall & Primm, Houston, Tex., for other interested party — U.S. Gypsum Co.

Benckenstein, Oxford, Radford & Johnson, Beaumont, Tex., for U.S. Mineral.

Before THORNBERRY, GEE and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.


Rehearing Denied in No. 89-2733 August 28, 1990.

JERRE S. WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge:

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