PETERS v. AMOCO OIL CO.

No. Civ.A. 96-D-940-N.

57 F.Supp.2d 1268 (1999)

James PETERS, et al., Plaintiffs, v. AMOCO OIL COMPANY, et al., Defendants.

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

June 21, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Q. Somerville, Lightfoot, Franklin & White, L.L.C., Birmingham, AL, Larry Wade Morris, Morris, Haynes, Ingram & Hornsby, Alexander City, AL, Fred D. Gray, Gray, Langford, Sapp, McGowan, Gray & Nathanson, Tuskegee, AL, Timothy J. Crowley, Richard E. Norman, Crowley & Douglas, LLP, Houston, TX, Leslie Elizabeth McFall, Langston, Frazer, Sweet & Freese, P.A., Birmingham, AL, 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, Russell Jackson Drake, Joe R. Whatley, Jr., Peter Harrington Burke, Whatley Drake, L.L.C., Birmingham, AL, Frederick T. Kuykendall, III, Gardner Middlebrooks Fleming Gibbons & Kittrell, PC, Birmingham, AL, Kenneth Ingram, Jr., Kenneth Ingram, Jr. & Associates, PC, Alexander City, AL, for James Peters plaintiff.

Larry Wade Morris, Fred D. Gray, Timothy J. Crowley, Richard E. Norman, Leslie Elizabeth McFall, Morris A. Ratner, Fabrice V. Nihof, Elizabeth J. Cabraser, Mitchell A. Toups, Dennis Reich, Russell Jackson Drake, Joe R. Whatley, Jr., Peter Harrington Burke, Frederick T. Kuykendall, III, Kenneth Ingram, Jr., Kenneth Ingram, Jr. & Associates, PC, Alexander City, AL, for Alma Peters, Tommy Peters, Buddy Lynn, Janet Lynn, Robert Pate, Jr., Archie L. Blakely, Will R. Peterson, Ola Mae Wells, Rufus James Vanable, Gloria W. Mobley, Johnnie E. Williams, Earl C. Cunningham, James M. Cockerham, Winnie Tyler, Jimmie Jennings, Tara S. Hedge, Neil H. Butler, Annette M. Fox, Charles A. Raffael, Maureen D. Raffael, Clark's Liquors, Inc., Lamiad Jareanvai, Brian A. Yakimowsky, Carol A. Yakimowsky, Guy R. Chiapponi, Sutanna Chiapponi, Robert M. Selby, Annie M. Reed, Kevin Slamin, Montgomery Motel Partnership, plaintiffs.

Fred D. Gray, Timothy J. Crowley, Richard E. Norman, Richard A. Freese, T. Roe Frazier, Leslie Elizabeth McFall, A. Hoyt Rowell, Richard Akel, Robert Lieff, William H. Garvin, III, Russell Jackson Drake, Joe R. Whatley, Jr., Peter Harrington Burke, Frederick T. Kuykendall, III, Kenneth Ingram, Jr. & Associates, PC, Alexander City, AL, for Ronnie E. Chappell, on behalf of himself and as representative of a class of persons similarly situated, plaintiff.

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 Company, defendant.

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

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 Corporation dba Exxon Company USA, defendant.

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

Donald R. Jones, Jr., S. Allen Baker, Jr., William R. O'Brien, Robert H. Shulman, Mindy G. Davis, Richard E. Wallace, Jr., Anthony F. King, Wallace King Marraro & Branson, PLLC, Washington, DC, for Star Enterprises, defendant.

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

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., defendant.

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

Clement C. Torbert, Jr., Peter S. Fruin, Gregory H. Hawley, H. Thomas Wells, Jr., Maynard, Cooper & Gale, P.C., Birmingham, AL, for Shell Oil Products Company, defendant.

A. Danner Frazer, Jr., Frazer, Greene, Upchurch & Baker, Mobile, AL, Stephen Cann Dillard, Lance L. Shea, (See above), for Phillips Petroleum Company, defendant.

Clement C. Torbert, Jr., Peter S. Fruin, Gregory H. Hawley, H. Thomas Wells, Jr., Maynard, Cooper & Gale, P.C., Birmingham, AL, Stephen Foster Black, Maynard, Cooper & Gale, P.C., Birmingham, AL, Wesley C. Redmond, N. Andrew Rotenstreich, Berkowitz, Lefkovits, Isom & Kushner, Birmingham, AL, Craig J. De Recat, Peter R. Duchesneau, Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, Los Angeles, California, for Diamond Shamrock Refining and Marketing Company, defendant.

Donald R. Jones, Jr., S. Allen Baker, Jr., William R. O'Brien, Robert H. Shulman, Mindy G. Davis, Richard E. Wallace, Jr., Wallace King Marraro & Branson PLLC, Washington, DC, for Unocal Service Corporation, defendant.

John M. Johnson, John Q. Somerville, Lightfoot, Franklin & White, Birmingham, AL, Charles L. Berry, Vinson & Elkins, L.L.P., Houston, TX, for Fina Oil and Chemical Company, defendant.

Richard Eldon Davis, Sandy G. Robinson, Cabaniss, Johnston, Gardner, Dumas & O'Neal, Birmingham, 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, Woodlands, TX, for Mobil Oil Corporation, defendant.

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

Ronald Wayne Wise, Wise & Bowen, Montgomery, AL, Michelle A. Wenzel, Beveridge & Diamond, P.C., Washington, DC, Joseph D. Zulli, Sun Company, Inc. (R & M), Philadelphia, PA, Robert Brager, Mark A. Turco, Beveridge & Diamond, Baltimore, MD, Michael Kuritzkes, Sun Company, Incm, Law Department, Philadelphia, PA, for Sun Company, Inc., defendant.

Joseph Lister Hubbard, Thomas S. Lawson, Jr., Capell & Howard, PC, 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., defendant.

Donald R. Jones, Jr., S. Allen Baker, Jr., William R. O'Brien, Robert H. Shulman, Mindy G. Davis, Marcia P. Kaplan, Howrey & Simon, Washington, DC, Richard E. Wallace, Jr., Wallace King Marraro & Branson PLLC, Washington, DC, for Atlantic Richfield Company, defendant.

Clement C. Torbert, Jr., Montgomery, AL, Peter S. Fruin, Birmingham, AL, J. Alan Truitt, Kirk G. Forrest, Roianne Houlton Frith, for Williams Company, defendant.

Thomas L. Johnston, Alabama Department of Environmental Management, Montgomery, AL, for Alabama Department of Environmental Management, amicus.

F. Perry Odom, State of Florida, Department of Environmental Protection, Tallahassee, FL, for Florida Department of Environmental Protection, amicus.


ORDER

MYRON H. THOMPSON, District Judge.

After an independent review of the file, it is ORDERED as follows:

(1) The recommendation of the United States Magistrate Judge entered on March 17, 1999 (Doc. no. 267), is adopted. (2) The joint motion to dismiss filed by the defendants on March 3, 1998 (Doc. no. 231), is denied.

The clerk of the court is DIRECTED to furnish a copy of this order to counsel for the parties by facsimile...

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