PETERS v. BRANTS GROCERY

Civil Action No. 96-D-940-N.

990 F.Supp. 1337 (1998)

James PETERS, et al., Plaintiffs, v. BRANTS GROCERY, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, M.D. Alabama, Northern Division.

January 5, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Q. Somerville, Lightfoot, Franklin & White, L.L.C., Birmingham, AL, R. Jack Drake, Frederick T. Kuykendall, III, Joe R. Whatley, Jr., Peter Harrington Burke, Cooper, Mitch, Crawford, Kuydendall & Whatley, Birmingham, AL, Kenneth Ingram, Jr., Larry Wade Morris, Morris, Haynes, Ingram & Hornsby, Alexander City, AL, Timothy J. Crowley, Richard E. Norman, Crowley & Douglas, LLP, Houston, TX, Morris A. Ratner, Fabrice V. Nihof, Elizabeth J. Cabraser, Lieff, Cabraser, Heimann & Bernstein, San Francisco, CA, Mitchell A. Toups, Weller, Green, McGown & Toups, Beaumont, TX, Dennis Reich, Reich & Binstock, Houston, TX, for James Peters, Alma Peters, Tommy Peters, Buddy Lynn, Janet Lynn, Robert Pate, Jr., Archie L. Blakely, Will R. Peterson, Ola Mae Wells, Rufus James Vanable and Gloria W. Mobley.

R. Jack Drake, Frederick T. Kuykendall, III, Joe R. Whatley, Jr., Peter Harrington Burke, Kenneth Ingram, Jr., Larry Wade Morris, Timothy J. Crowley, Richard E. Norman, Kenneth G. Gilman, David Pastor, Douglas M. Brooks, Gilman and Pastor, Boston, MA, Richard A. Freese, T. Roe Frazier, Langston, Frazer, Sweet & Freese, P.A., Birmingham, AL, A. Hoyt Rowell, Richard Akel, Ness, Motley, Loadholt, Richardson & Poole, Charleston, SC, Robert Lieff, Michael F. Ram, Morris A. Ratner, Lieff, Cabraser, Heimann & Bernstein, San Francisco, CA, Mitchell A. Toups, Weller, Green, McGown & Toups, Beaumont, TX, Dennis Reich, Reich & Binstock, Houston, TX, Richard A. Feigenbaum, Feigenbaum & Uddo, Newton, MA, David Johnathan Guin, Donaldson & Guin, LLC, Birmingham, AL, William H. Garvin, III, Weller, Green, McGown & Toups, LLP, Tallahassee, FL, for Johnnie E. Williams, Earl C. Cunningham and Ronnie E. Chappell.

Richard Eldon Davis, Cabaniss, Johnston, Gardner, Dumas & O'Neal, Birmingham, AL, J. Andrew Langan, Richard C. Godfrey, J. Robert Robertson, Catherine L. Fitzpatrick, Scott W. Fowkes, Kirkland & Ellis, Chicago, IL, Sandy G. Robinson, Cabaniss, Johnston, Gardner, Dumas & O'Neal, Mobile, AL, Roland Karl Filippi, Chicago, IL, for Amoco Oil Co.

Donald R. Jones, Jr., Balch & Bingham, Montgomery, AL, S. Allen Baker, Jr., Balch & Bingham, Birmingham, AL, Richard E. Wallace, Jr., William R. O'Brien, Anthony F. King, Robert H. Shulman, Mindy G. Davis, Howrey & Simon, Washington, DC, for Texaco Refining and Marketing, Inc.

William J. Stack, Exxon Company U.S.A., Houston, TX, Clement C. Torbert, Jr., Clement C. Torbert, Jr., Peter S. Fruin, Maynard, Cooper & Gale, P.C., Montgomery, AL, Gregory H. Hawley, H. Thomas Wells, Jr., Maynard, Cooper & Gale, P.C., Birmingham, AL, Stephen Cann Dillard, Lance L. Shea, Fulbright, Jaworski, Houston, TX, Robert Gilchrist Newman, Fulbright, Jaworski, San Antonio, TX, James Michael Cawley, Jr., Shell Oil Company Products — Legal, Houston, TX, for Exxon Corp.

Linda A. Friedman, John E. Goodman, Sid J. Trant, James F. Archibald, III, Bradley, Arant, Rose & White, Birmingham, AL, for B.P. Exploration & Oil, Inc.

Clement C. Torbert, Jr., Peter S. Fruin, Maynard, Cooper & Gale, P.C., Montgomery, AL, Gregory H. Hawley, H. Thomas Wells, Jr., Maynard, Cooper & Gale, P.C., Birmingham, AL, for Tenneco Inc. and Shell Oil Products Co.

Donald R. Jones, Jr., Balch & Bingham, Montgomery, AL, S. Allen Baker, Jr., Balch & Bingham, Birmingham, AL, Richard E. Wallace, Jr., William R. O'Brien, Anthony F. King, Robert H. Shulman, Mindy G. Davis, Howrey & Simon, Washington, DC, for Star Enterprises.

Clement C. Torbert, Jr., Peter S. Fruin, Maynard, Cooper & Gale, P.C., Montgomery, AL, Gregory H. Hawley, H. Thomas Wells, Jr., Maynard, Cooper & Gale, P.C., Birmingham, AL, Stephen Cann Dillard, Lance L. Shea, Fulbright, Jaworski, Houston, TX, Robert Gilchrist Newman, Fulbright, Jaworski, San Antonio, TX, for Shell Oil Co.

Clement C. Torbert, Jr., Peter S. Fruin, Maynard, Cooper & Gale, P.C., Montgomery, AL, J. Alan Truitt, Maynard, Cooper & Gale, P.C., Birmingham, AL, Roianne Houlton Frith, Roianne Frith & Associates, Montgomery, AL, Kirk G. Forrest, MAPCO Petroleum, Inc., Tulsa, OK, for Mapco Petroleum, Inc.

Linda A. Friedman, John E. Goodman, Sid J. Trant, James F. Archibald, III, Bradley, Arant, Rose & White, Birmingham, AL, Stephen Cann Dillard, Lance L. Shea, Fulbright, Jaworski, Houston, TX, Robert Gilchrist Newman, Fulbright, Jaworski, San Antonio, TX, for Chevron, USA, Inc.

John E. Goodman, Sid J. Trant, Bradley, Arant, Rose & White, Birmingham, AL, for Chevron USA Products Co.

John M. Johnson, John Q. Somerville, Lightfoot, Franklin & White, L.L.C., Birmingham, AL, George A. Phair, Conoco Inc., Legal Dept. Houston, TX, for Conoco, Inc.

Clement C. Torbert, Jr., Peter S. Fruin, Maynard, Cooper & Gale, P.C., Montgomery, AL, Gregory H. Hawley, H. Thomas Wells, Jr., Maynard, Cooper & Gale, P.C., Birmingham, AL, A. Danner Frazer, Jr., Frazer, Greene, Philpot & Upchurch, Mobile, AL, Stephen Cann Dillard, Fulbright, Jaworski, Houston, TX, Lance L. Shea, Fulbright, Jaworski, San Antonio, TX, for Phillips Petroleum Co.

Clement C. Torbert, Jr., Peter S. Fruin, Maynard, Cooper & Gale, P.C., Montgomery, AL, Gregory H. Hawley, H. Thomas Wells, Jr., Maynard, Cooper & Gale, P.C., Birmingham, AL, for Diamond Shamrock Refining and Marketing Co.

Donald R. Jones, Jr., Balch & Bingham, Montgomery, AL, S. Allen Baker, Jr., Balch & Bingham, Birmingham, AL, Richard E. Wallace, Jr., William R. O'Brien, Anthony F. King, Robert H. Shulman, Mindy G. Davis, Howrey & Simon, Washington, DC, for Unocal Service Corp.

John M. Johnson, John Q. Somerville, Lightfoot, Franklin & White, L.L.C., Birmingham, AL, Clement C. Torbert, Jr., Clement C. Torbert, Jr., Peter S. Fruin, Maynard, Cooper & Gale, P.C., Montgomery, AL, Gregory H. Hawley, H. Thomas Wells, Jr., Maynard, Cooper & Gale, P.C., Birmingham, AL, Charles L. Berry, Vinson & Elkins, L.L.P., Houston, TX, for Fina Oil and Chemical Co.

Richard Eldon Davis, Cabaniss, Johnston, Gardner, Dumas & O'Neal, Birmingham, AL, Clement C. Torbert, Jr., Peter S. Fruin, Maynard, Cooper & Gale, P.C., Montgomery, AL, Gregory H. Hawley, H. Thomas Wells, Jr., Michael E. Turner, Maynard, Cooper & Gale, P.C., Birmingham, AL, Sandy G. Robinson, Cabaniss, Johnston, Gardner, Dumas & O'Neal, Mobile, AL, Stephen Cann Dillard, Lance L. Shea, Fulbright, Jaworski, Houston, TX, Kevin E. Maldonado, Peter John Sacripanti, Dean A. Weber, McDermott, Will & Emery, New York City, Robert William Johnson, Houston, TX, for Mobil Oil Corp.

John M. Johnson, John Q. Somerville, Lightfoot, Franklin & White, L.L.C., Birmingham, AL, Nathan P. Eimer, Scott Charles Solberg, Philip Pendleton Steptoe, Sidley & Austin, Chicago, IL, for Citgo Petroleum Corp.

Ronald Wayne Wise, Wise & Bowen, Montgomery, AL, Robert Brager, Michelle A. Wenzel, Beveridge & Diamond, P.C., Washington, DC, Joseph D. Zulli, Sun Company, Inc. (R & M), Philadelphia, PA, for Sun Co., Inc.

Joseph Lister Hubbard, Thomas S. Lawson, Jr., Capell, Howard, Knabe & Cobbs, P.A., Montgomery, AL, Van H. Beckwith, Larry D. Carlson, Steve Schortgen, Baker & Botts, LLP, Dallas, TX, Robert N. Price, Tulsa, OK, for Occidental Petroleum Services, Inc.

Donald R. Jones, Jr., Balch & Bingham, Montgomery, AL, S. Allen Baker, Jr., Balch & Bingham, Birmingham, AL, Richard E. Wallace, Jr., William R. O'Brien, Robert H. Shulman, Mindy G. Davis, Marcia P. Kaplan, Howrey & Simon, Washington, DC, for Atlantic Richfield Co.


ORDER

DE MENT, District Judge.

This cause is now presented to the court on the Recommendation of the Magistrate Judge, filed December 2, 1997, Defendants' objections thereto, filed December 15, 1997 and January 2, 1998, and Plaintiffs' responses thereto, filed December 22, 1997.

The court has carefully read the Magistrate's Recommendation and considered the objections of counsel and responses thereto, and is of the opinion that said Recommendation...

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