ANTHONY v. CHEVRON USA, INC.

No. 00-50710.

284 F.3d 578 (2002)

Jess ANTHONY; Marjorie Anthony; Linda Forbush, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. CHEVRON USA, INC., Successor in Interest to Gulf Oil Corporation, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied March 20, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David Wallace Holman, Robert Alan York (argued), Holman & Keeling, James Craig Lewis (argued), Gallagher, Lewis, Downey & Kim, Houston, TX, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Steven Carroll Kiser, Andrew Harper Estes, Lynch, Chappell & Alsup, Midland, TX, Peggy Roberts Perser (argued), Chevron USA, Houston, TX, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before JONES, EMILIO M. GARZA, and STEWART, Circuit Judges.


EMILIO M. GARZA, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiffs-Appellants Jess Anthony, Marjorie Anthony, and Linda Forbush (collectively, the "Anthony Family") appeal the district court's grant of judgment as a matter of law in favor of Defendant-Appellee Chevron U.S.A., Inc. ("Chevron"). The Anthony Family filed suit in state court against Chevron and several other oil companies, alleging that Chevron had negligently polluted both the water and soil of the Anthony Family's ranch, and...

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