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BROWN v. OFFSHORE SPECIALTY FABRICATORS, INC.

No. 10-40936.

663 F.3d 759 (2011)

Lee BROWN; Richard Badon; Bruce Crutchfield; Eric Lena; Watkins Jackson; Timothy Harmon; Raymond Johnson; Mark Johnson; Donald Wiggins; Roberto Cantu; Raymond Balderas; Michael Amsbary; Brian Bradshaw, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. OFFSHORE SPECIALTY FABRICATORS, INC.; Horizon Offshore, Inc.; Horizon Offshore Contractors, Inc.; O.W.I. Limited (Oceanwide International); Oceanwide Houston, Inc.; Cal Dive International, Inc.; C-Mar America, Inc.; Humares BV; Oceanwide Offshore Services; C-Mar Group Holdings, Ltd.; C-Mar Group Holdings, Inc.; Global Industries Offshore, L.L.C.; Global Industries, Ltd.; Horizon Vessels, Inc.; Offshore Express, Inc.; C-Mar Services (UK) Limited; Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

November 23, 2011.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Thomas Liston , Francis I. Spagnoletti (argued), Spagnoletti & Company, Houston, TX, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Laurence Eliot Stuart , Robert Glen Rigby , Stuart & Associates, P.C., Glenn Richard Legge , Legge, Farrow, Kimmitt, McGrath & Brown, L.L.P., Robert Prentice Vining , LeBlanc Bland, P.L.L.C., Lawrence L. Bellatti , Cameron Phair Pope , Andrews Kurth, L.L.P., Kevin Patrick Walters , Chaffe McCall, L.L.P., Seth A. Nichamoff , Nichamoff & King, P.C., Houston, TX, Mark Aaron Cunningham , Laura F. Ashley , Erica N. Beck , David G. Radlauer (argued), Jones Walker , New Orleans, LA, John B. Greer, III , Greer & Miller, L.L.P., Robert W. Weber , Smith Weber, L.L.P., Texarkana, TX, Gregory S.C. Huffman , Christopher Lyn Chauvin , Nicole Williams , Thompson & Knight, L.L.P., Dallas, TX, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before JOLLY, HIGGINBOTHAM and SOUTHWICK, Circuit Judges.

E. GRADY JOLLY, Circuit Judge:

This appeal involves a putative class action brought against several oil and gas companies and several companies that provide labor for offshore oil and gas projects. The plaintiffs allege violations of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) and the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (OCSLA). Under the OCSLA, the plaintiffs pursue both a personal right of action for economic...

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