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HART v. BAYER CORP.

Nos. 98-60496, 98-60811 Summary Calendar.

199 F.3d 239 (2000)

Rodalton HART, et al., Plaintiffs, Rodalton Hart; Joseph Burrell; Edward Murtagh; Carl Pepper; Richard Perry; George T. Wynne; Walter L. Upchurch; Tom Slack; Sharpe Planting Company II, a Partnership; L&L Planting Co., a Partnership, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. BAYER CORPORATION; FMC Corporation; Zeneca Inc.; American Cyanamid Company; Rhone-Poulenc Incorporated; E.I. Dupont De Nemours and Company; Valent U.S.A. Corporation; Ciba-Geigy Corporation; and Larry Makamson, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

January 6, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brian Kelly Herrington, Pat M. Barrett, Jr., Barrett Law Office, Lexington, MS, Brian C. Wolfman, Public Citizen Litigation Group, Washington, DC, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Rebecca Lee Wiggs, Watkins & Eager, Jackson, MS, for Defendant-Appellee Bayer Corporation.

Thomas Edwin Williams, Brooks Ryan Buchanan, Butler, Snow, O'Mara, Stevens & Cannada, Jackson, MS, for Defendants-Appellees FMC Corporation, Ciba-Geigy Corp. and Larry Makamson.

W. Kurt Henke, Elizabeth T. Bufkin, Henke, Heaton & Bufkin, Lyon, MS, for Zeneca Inc., Rhone Poulenc, Inc. and Valent USA Corp., Defendants-Appellees.

Raymond Michael Ripple, Donna L. Goodman, Wilmington, DE, and Alex A. Alston, Jr., Alston & Jones, Jackson, MS, for Defendant-Appellee E.I. Dupont De Nemours.

Jared Aram Goldstein, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, DC, for United States of America, Amicus Curiae.

Lawrence Steven Ebner, McKenna & Cuneo, Washington, DC, for American Crop Protection Ass'n, Amicus Curiae.

Before DAVIS, DUHÉ and PARKER, Circuit Judges.

ROBERT M. PARKER, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiffs brought state-law claims alleging that various pesticides manufactured and marketed by the corporate defendants, and one pesticide promoted by individual defendant, corporate agent Larry Makamson, failed to control or prevent tobacco budworm infestation of their crops ultimately resulting in substantial damage to their crops. Plaintiffs appeal dismissal of their case by the United States District Court for the Southern District...

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