COMER v. MURPHY OIL USA

No. 07-60756.

585 F.3d 855 (2009)

Ned COMER, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. MURPHY OIL USA, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

October 16, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

F. Gerald Maples (argued), Alexander Jacob Williamson, Carlos A. Zelaya, II, F. Gerald Maples, P.A., Stephen Michael Wiles, Reasonover & Olinde, LLC, New Orleans, LA, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Michael Raudon Phillips, Benjamin Melvin Castoriano, Frilot, L.L.C., New Orleans, LA, Shellye V. McDonald, Richard P. Salloum, Franke & Salloum, Gulfport, MS, for Murphy Oil, USA, Universal Oil Products and Honeywell Intern., Inc.

Mary S. Johnson, Johnson, Gray, McNamara, LLC, Mandeville, LA, Daniel P. Collins, Munger, Tolles & Olson, L.L.P., Los Angeles, CA, Thomas M. McNamara, Johnson, Gray, McNamara, L.L.C., Lafayette, LA, for Shell Oil Co.

Richard L. Forman, Forman, Perry, Watkins, Krutz & Tardy, L.L.P., Jackson, MS, John F. Daum, O'Melveny & Myers, Los Angeles, CA, for ExxonMobil Corp.

Thomas Lynn Carpenter, Carr, Allison, Pugh, Howard, Oliver & Sisson, PC, Gulfport, MS, Rick Richmond, Brent L. Caslin, Jenner & Block, L.L.P., Los Angeles, CA, for AES Corp.

William Lee Watt, Brunini, Grantham, Grower & Hewes, P.L.L.C., Jackson, MS, for Allegheny Energy, Inc. and Reliant Energy, Inc.

Kathleen Taylor Sooy, Tracy Roman, Scott L. Winkleman (argued), Crowell & Moring, L.L.P., Washington, DC, Robert Donald Gholson, Gholson, Burson, Entrekin & Orr, Laurel, MS, for Alliance Resource Partners, LP, Alpha Natural Resources, Inc., Arch Coal, Inc., Consol Energy, Inc., Foundation Coal Holdings, Inc., Intern. Coal Group, Inc., Massey Energy Co., Natural Resource Partners, LP, Peabody Energy Corp. and Westmoreland Coal Co.

Michael B. Gerrard, Nancy Gordon Milburn, Arnold & Porter, New York City, John Gwin Wheeler, Mitchell, McNutt & Sams, Tupelo, MS, for BP America Production Co. and BP Products North America, Inc.

Peter D. Keisler, Quin Mikael Sorenson, Sidley Austin, L.L.P., Washington, DC, for Cinergy Corp. and Duke Energy Corp.

Christopher Ray Fontan, Brunini, Grantham, Growers, Hewes, P.L.L.C., Jackson, MS, for Allegheny Energy, Inc., Reliant Energy, Inc. and Cinergy Corp.

Kenneth W. Barton, Benjamin M. Watson, Butler, Snow, O'Mara, Stevens & Cannada, Jackson, MS, for ConocoPhillips Co.

Sarah E. Iiams, Abbott« Simses, A.P.L.C., New Orleans, LA, for Dow Chemical Co. and EI Dupont De Nemours & Co.

Raymond Michael Ripple, Donna L. Goodman, DuPont Legal, Wilmington, DE, for E I DuPont De Nemours & Co.

Lawrence E. Abbott, Abbott, Simses & Kuchler, Covington, LA, for Dow Chemical Co. and E I DuPont De Nemours & Co.

Charles Edwin Ross, William B. Lovett, Jr., Wise, Carter, Child & Caraway, Jackson, MS, for Entergy Corp.

Edwin W. Small, TVA, Knoxville, TN, for TVA.

Thomas E. Fennell, Michael L. Rice, Jones Day, Dallas, TX, John G. Corlew, Kathy K. Smith, Corlew, Munford & Smith, P.L.L.C., Jackson, MS, for Xcel Energy, Inc.

Robert E. Meadows, Jonathan Lawrence Marsh, Trade Jo Renfroe, King & Spalding, Houston, TX, for Chevron USA, Inc.

David Lee Martindale, Cypress, TX, for Shell Oil Co. and Chevron USA, Inc.

Robert Allen Long, Jr., Covington & Burling, L.L.P., Washington, DC, for American Petroleum Institute.

Before DAVIS, STEWART and DENNIS, Circuit Judges.


DENNIS, Circuit Judge:

The plaintiffs, residents and owners of lands and property along the Mississippi Gulf coast, filed this putative class action in the district court against the named defendants, corporations that have principal offices in other states but are doing business in Mississippi. The plaintiffs allege that defendants' operation of energy, fossil fuels, and chemical industries in the United States caused the emission of greenhouse gasses that contributed...

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