In the Matter of: MONUMENTAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, Industrial Life Insurance Litigation.
Mattie Bratcher, et al., Plaintiffs,
Mattie Bratcher; John Bratcher; Caroline Brown, on Behalf of Herself and All Others Similarly Situated; Mary Sue Truesdale; Maxine Cash, on Behalf of Herself and All Others Similarly Situated; Mildred Buford, Also Known as Mildred Gamlin, on Behalf of Herself and All Others Similarly Situated, Plaintiffs-Appellants,
v.
National Standard Life Insurance Company, et al., Defendants,
Monumental Life Insurance Company, Defendant-Appellee.
In the Matter of: Unitrin, Inc., Industrial Life Insurance Litigation.
Rosie Lee Cothran, et al., Plaintiffs,
Elizabeth Walker, Plaintiff-Appellant,
v.
Security Industrial Insurance Company, et al., Defendants,
Monumental Life Insurance Company, Defendant-Appellee.
In the Matter of: American National Insurance Company, Industrial Life Insurance Litigation.
Rose Mary Roach, on Behalf of Herself and All Others Similarly Situated, Plaintiff-Appellant,
v.
American National Insurance Company, Defendant-Appellee.
In the Matter of: Western & Southern Life Insurance Co., Industrial Life Insurance Litigation.
Joseph Bell, etc., et al., Plaintiffs,
Joseph Bell, Individually and on Behalf of Others Similarly Situated; Willa Ellis, Doctor; Thelma Walker Oatis, on Behalf of Themselves and All Others Similarly Situated; Alma Hyde, Plaintiffs-Appellants,
v.
Western & Southern Life Insurance Company, Defendant-Appellee.
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
April 2, 2004.
April 2, 2004.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Gerald Edward Meunier, Gainsburgh, Benjamin, David, Meunier & Warshauer, Stephen B. Murray, Murray Law Firm, New Orleans, LA, Joe R. Whatley, Jr., Birmingham, AL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.
Bob F. Wright, James Parkerson Roy, Donald Ray Cravins, Jr., Domengeaux, Wright, Roy & Edwards, Lafayette, LA, John J. Stoia, Jr., JoBeth Halper, Milberg, Weiss, Bershad, Hynes & Lerach, San Diago, CA, Sanford Svetcov, Milberg, Weiss, Bershad, Hynes & Lerach, San Francisco, CA, Melvin I. Weiss, Milberg, Weiss, Bershad, Hynes & Lerach, Boca Raton, FL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.
Andrew S. Friedman, Bonnett, Fairbourn, Friedman & Balint, Phoenix, AZ, for John Bratcher, Mattie Bratcher, Caroline Brown, Mildred Buford, Maxine Cash and Mary Sue Truesdale.
Herman Watson, Jr., Watson, Jimmerson, Givhan, Martin & McKinney, Huntsville, AL, for John Bratcher and Mattie Bratcher.
Linda Ibach Shaunessy, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jeffrey Monroe Graham, Austin, TX, for State of Texas and Texas Department of Insurance, Amici Curiae.
Joel Feldman, Jeffrey E. Crane, Sidley, Austin, Brown & Wood, Chicago, IL, Stephen H. Kupperman, Barrasso, Usdin, Kupperman, Freeman & Sarver, New Orleans, LA, for Monumental Life Insurance Co.
Andrew Jan Mytelka, Steven Carl Windsor, Greer, Herz & Adams, Galveston, TX, Anthony Joseph Rollo, Jr., McGlinchey Stafford, New Orleans, LA, for American National Insurance Co.
Thomas A. Casey, Jr., Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carrere & Denegre, New Orleans, LA, Joseph S. Piacun, Metairie, LA, for Western and Southern Life Insurance Co.
Even M. Tager, Craig W. Canetti, Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw, Victoria E. Fimea, American Council of Life Insurers, Washington, DC, for American Council of Life Insurers, Amicus Curiae.
Scott J. Cipinko, Life Insurers Council, Atlanta, GA, for Life Insurers Council, Amicus Curiae.
Norman J. Chachkin, NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, New York City, for NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc., Amicus Curiae.
Donald J. Russell, Robbins, Russell, Englert, Orsek & Untereiner, Washington, DC, for Chamber of Commerce of The United States, Amicus Curiae.
Before SMITH, DENNIS and CLEMENT, Circuit Judges.
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
ON PETITION FOR REHEARING
(Opinion Aug. 13, 2003, 343 F.3d 331)
JERRY E. SMITH, Circuit Judge:
The petition for panel rehearing is DENIED, and no judge in regular active service having requested that the court be polled on rehearing en banc, the petition for rehearing en banc is DENIED. The opinion, 343 F.3d 331 (5th Cir.2003), is withdrawn for the limited purpose of making...
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