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RICHARD v. HOECHST CELANESE CHEMICAL GROUP, INC.

No. 02-41377.

355 F.3d 345 (2003)

Richard R. RICHARD, Jr., on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. HOECHST CELANESE CHEMICAL GROUP, INC., Hoechst Celanese Chemical Group; Shell Oil Company, doing business as Shell Chemical Company; Hoechst Celanese Corporation, Hoechst Celanese Corporation; E.I. DuPont De Nemours and Company, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

December 19, 2003.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mitchell A. Toups, Weller, Green, Toups & Terrell, Beaumont, TX, Arthur R. Miller (argued), Harvard University School of Law, Cambridge, MA, Damon Michael Young, Sr., Young, Pickett & Lee, Texarkana, TX, George Robert Blakey (argued), Notre Dame Law School, Notre Dame, IN, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Paul M. O'Connor (argued), Seth Alan Moskowitz, Kasowitz, Benson, Torres & Friedman, New York City, Jerry Lamar Mitchell, James W. Bartlett, Jr., Kasowitz, Benson, Torres & Friedman, Houston, TX, for Hoechst Celanese Chemical Group and Hoechst Celanese Corp.

David T. Harvin (argued), Erica Lee Krennerich, Vinson & Elkins, Houston, TX, for Shell Oil Co.

Kathleen Taylor Sooy (argued), Luther Zeigler, Crowell & Moring, Washington, DC, Jim C. Ezer, Schirrmeister Ajamie, Houston, TX, for E. I. DuPont De Nemours & Co.

Before WIENER, CLEMENT, and PRADO, Circuit Judges.

CLEMENT, Circuit Judge:

This case arises from a class action lawsuit brought by Richard R. Richard ("Richard"), on behalf of himself and a putative class consisting of parties who allegedly suffered damages from inherently defective polybutylene ("PB") plumbing systems installed in their homes. Richard alleges that Hoechst Celanese Chemical Group, Hoechst Celanese Corporation (collectively "Hoechst"), Shell Oil Company ("Shell"), and E.I. DuPont Nemours ("DuPont"...

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