IN RE BENJAMIN MOORE & CO.

No. 02-60714.

309 F.3d 296 (2002)

In Re: BENJAMIN MOORE & COMPANY, wholly-owned subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway, Inc.; Berkshire Hathaway, Inc.; NL Industries, Inc.; Valhi, Inc., holder of 10% or more of NL publicly-traded stock; Tremont Corp., holder of 10% or more of NL publicly-traded stock; Sherwin-Williams Company, Petitioners.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

October 4, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dudley Collier Graham, Jr., Wise, Carter, Child & Caraway, Jackson, MS, for Benjamin Moore & Co.

F. Ewin Henson, III, James E. Upshaw, Upshaw, Williams, Biggers, Beckham & Riddick, Greenwood, MS, Mark Claibrone Carroll, Upshaw, Williams, Biggers, Beckham & Riddick, Ridgeland, MS, for all Petitioners.

William Hugh Gillon, IV, Upshaw, Williams, Biggers, Beckham & Riddick, Ridgeland, MS, Antony B. Klapper, Michael D. Jones, Eric B. Wolff, Kirkland & Ellis, Washington, DC, for NL Industries, Inc.

John G. Corlew, Watkins & Eager, Jackson, MS, for Sherwin-Williams Co.

Timothy W. Porter, Patrick Cash Malouf, Porter & Malouf, Jackson, MS, John A. Foxworth, Jr., Michael J. Casano, Foxworth & Casano, Gulfport, MS, for all Plaintiffs-Respondents.

Robert Allred Pritchard, Christopher Eugene Fitzgerald, Robert Pritchard Law Firm, Pascagoula, MS, Robert F. Wilkins, Pritchard Law Firm, Jackson, MS, for Washington, Reed, Hicks and Johnson.

Mark W. Davis, Ronald Martin Feder, Davis & Feder, Gulfport, MS, for Randle, Helm and Harrell.

Roland M. Slover, Thomas W. Tardy, III, Forman, Perry, Watkins, Krutz & Tardy, Jackson, MS, for Alexander Hardware Co., Inc., Concordia Contracting Co., Inc., Feltus Bros. Ltd., Hudson Salvage, Inc., Tyson Lumber Co. of Natchez, Stine, Inc. and True Value Hardware.

William N. Graham, Aultman, Tyner, Ruffin & Yarborough, Hattiesburg, MS, for Clairborne Hardware Inc.

Fred H. Krutz, III, Forman, Perry, Watkins, Krutz & Tardy, Jackson, MS, for Concordia Contracting Co., Inc., Feltus Bros. Ltd., Hudson Salvage Inc., Tyson Lumber Co. of Natchez, Stine, Inc. and True Value Hardware.

Luke M. Dove, Dove & Chill, Jackson, MS, for Darsey, Hirschs Store and Lane Hardware, Inc.

Stephen W. Rimmer, Watkins, Ludlam, Winter & Stennis, Jackson, MS, for Frierson Bldg. Supply Co.

James Tucker Mitchell, John Evans Gough, Jr., Copeland, Cook, Taylor & Bush, Ridgeland, MS, for Salvage & Liquidation Inc.

Lawrie E. Demorest, Alston & Bird, Atlanta, GA, Richard F. Yarborough, Jr., Jennifer L. Walley, Aultman, Tyner, Ruffin & Yarborough, Columbia, MS, for Lowes Home Centers Inc.

William F. Riley, Riley & Callaway, Natchez, MS, for Macs Bldg. Supply.

Danny Keith Clearman, Decatur, MS, for Mid South Lumber Inc.

J. Price Coleman, Bradley Witherspoon Smith, Baker, Donelson, Bearman & Caldwell, Jackson, MS, for Mississippi Hardware Co. and Seabrook Paint Co. of Mississippi.

William Lee Guice, III, Rushing & Guice, Biloxi, MS, for Phillips Bldg. Supply Inc.

Stephen L. Thomas, Bradley, Arant, Rose & White, Norman E. Bailey, Jr., Robert L. Gibbs, Brunini, Gratham, Grower & Hewes, Jackson, MS, Phillip Mark Crane, Lawrence B. Finn, Chad Michael Tuschman, Segal, McCambridge, Singer & Mahoney, Chicago, IL, for Sears Roebuck & Co.

Edley Hicks Jones, III, Law Office of Edley H. Jones, III, Ridgeland, MS, for Wal-Mart Associates Inc.

C. Everette Boutwell, Laurel, MS, for Walters Salvage Inc.

Robert Raul Stephenson, Reeve G. Jacobus, Jr., Williford, McAllister & Jacobus, Jackson, MS, for Porters Paint.

Lucien C. Gwin, Jr., Gwin, Lewis & Punches, Natchez, MS, for Pittsburg Coating.

Before JOLLY, JONES and PARKER, Circuit Judges.


BY THE COURT:

IT IS ORDERED that the petition for writ of mandamus is Denied Without Prejudice.

Petitioners' motion is framed around the district court's failure to address whether diversity jurisdiction was fraudulently defeated because among the seventeen plaintiffs herein, who have nothing in common with each other, only four have asserted claims that relate in any way to the nondiverse defendants. It may thus be contended that the other thirteen did raise...

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