JOHNSON v. JAMES LANGLEY OPERATING CO., INC.

No. 99-4036.

226 F.3d 957 (2000)

Dunn L. JOHNSON; Eddie Johnson; Annie Powell; Janis Austin; Barbara Ann Carroll; John Carroll; Lavern Carroll; Jesse Dunn; Byron Goodwin; Derrick Goodwin; Jo Nell Goodwin; Willie Ruth Graham; Bobby R. Johnson; Danny Adam Johnson; Drusella Lannette Johnson; Earl Johnson, Jr.; Earnest Johnson; Harvey Lee Johnson; Herbert Johnson, Jr.; Horace Johnson; James Johnson; Jerry Wayne Johnson; Jesse Norise Johnson; Jimmie L. Johnson; Johnnie B. Johnson; Karen Johnson; Linda Anne Johnson; Reggie Johnson; Ricky Johnson; Ronnie Johnson; Sammy Johnson; Thomas Johnson; Virdie Johnson, Jr.; Wade Johnson; Willie Aaron Johnson; Willie L. Johnson; Wordie B. Johnson; Lilly Mae Lias; Pearlie Ann Livingston; Janette Massey; Sharon Ann Moore; Essie Mae Rankin; Renese Goodwin Smith; Francine Johnson Wood; Lethell Johnson Woods; Marsha L. Smith Spencer, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. JAMES LANGLEY OPERATING COMPANY, INC., Defendant, J.C. Langley, Individually & doing business as J.C. Langley Oil Company; Klote T. Powell, Defendant-Appellees, Grover Smith; Zenora Powell; Melissa K. Smith Carter; Martha Kennedy Smith; Sarah Minor, Plaintiffs-Appellants, AJ & K Operating Company; Cross Oil Refining & Marketing, Inc.; Defendants-Appellees, James Langley Operating Company, Inc.; Lion Oil Company; Phillips Petroleum Company; Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: September 21, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James R. Cox, New Orleans, LA, argued, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Richard M. Edmonson, Jackson, MS, argued, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before RICHARD S. ARNOLD and HEANEY, Circuit Judges, and MAGNUSON, District Judge.


HEANEY, Circuit Judge.

In January 1998, Dunn L. Johnson and a group of forty-four other holders of interests in real estate in Union County, Arkansas commenced in the district court an action under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA), 42 U.S.C. §§ 9607-9675 against a group comprised of persons and entities who leased land for oil and gas production operations. Grover Smith and five additional plaintiffs simultaneously...

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