BAKER v. MARTIN MARIETTA MATERIALS, INC.

No. 12-2779.

745 F.3d 919 (2014)

Joel BAKER; Kathy Baker; Margaret L. Barnett; Matthew Wagner; Victoria Wagner; Todd Durbin; Stephanie Durbin; Kendra Sallam; Evelyn Tombleson; Glen Tombleson; Timothy Gust; Kiersten Gust; Diana Anderson; Cheri Williams; Laura Decourcy; Richard Decourcy; Phillip Cooper; Marilyn Cooper, Plaintiffs-Appellants v. MARTIN MARIETTA MATERIALS, INC.; Hunt Martin Materials, LLC; Material Transport Company; Hanrahan Asphalt Paving Co., Inc.; Vance Brothers, Inc.; Patrick L. Dusselier Foundation Company, Inc.; Superior Bowen Asphalt Company, L.L.C.; Tom Peace Trucking, Co.; Bill Cassidy Trucking, Inc.; Lone Wolf Enterprises, Inc.; Bluestem Trucking, Inc.; George J. Shaw Construction, Co.; Pavlich, Inc.; O'Neil Trucking; Greg Bordner Construction Co., Inc.; Miles Excavating, Inc.; Acker Trucking; Show-Me Trucking & Freight, Inc.; Pavestone Company, LLC; Heller's Trucking; Roadhog Trucking, LLC; Geiger Trucking Company, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: March 20, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth Blair McClain , argued, Independence, MO ( Gregory Leyh , Gladstone, MO., Jonathan M. Soper , Independence, MO, on the brief), for appellant.

H. Wayne Phears , Atlanta, GA, argued, ( Roland B. Miller, III , Brian J. Madden , and Vincent F. O'Flaherty , all of Kansas City, MO, on the brief), for appellee Marietta Materials and Hunt Martin Materials.

John Power , Kansas City, MO, argued, ( Daniel N. Allmayer , Lloyd W. Raber , Todd C. Barrett , Dana M. Harris , David M. Halphin , Charles A. Getto , Douglas M. Greewald , Ryan Edward Karaim , John G. Schultz , Michael J. Tubbesing , Andrew M. DeMarea , Heber O. Gonzalez , Ryan Manies , Nikki Cannezzaro , Kelvin J. Fisher , Richard Frank Lombardo , and Anne E. Smith , all of Kansas City, MO., Michael C. Kirkham , Brian L. Burge , Neil C. Gosch , Curtis Orville Roggow , Joshua David Scott , James L. Saunders , and Brian Boos , all of Overland Park, KS, Kevin L. Fritz , Michael J. Smith , Christopher P. Leritz and Joseph L. Leritz , all of St. Louis, MO, on the brief), for appellees, Material Transport Company, Pavestone Company LLC, O'Neil Trucking, Bill Cassidy Trucking Inc., Pavlich Inc., Acker Trucking, Vance Brothers Inc., Miles Excavating Inc., Tom Peace Trucking Co., Geiger Trucking Company, Roadhog Trucking, LLC, and Bluestem Trucking, Inc.

David R. Buchanan , Patrick A. Bousquet , Joseph R. Swift , and T. Michael Ward , all of St. Louis, MO, Paul D. Cowing and Andrew S. Mendelson , of Lee's Summit, MO, Lee M. Baty , Theresa A. Otto , and Elizabeth A. Gillespie , of Kansas City, MO, Jeffrey C. Baker , and Jeffrey A. Bullins , of Overland Park, KS, on the brief, for appellees, Greg Bordner Construction, Patrick L. Dusselier Foundation Company, Inc., Superior Bowen Asphalt Company, LLD, Beutler, Inc. d/b/a Greorge J. Shaw Construction, Co., Scot Heler Trucking Company, Inc. and Hanrahan Asphalt Paving Company, Inc.

Before WOLLMAN, BEAM, and SMITH, Circuit Judges.


WOLLMAN, Circuit Judge.

Eighteen citizens (the citizens) of Greenwood, Missouri (the City), sued Martin Marietta Materials, Inc., Hunt Martin Materials, LLC, and several trucking companies (collectively, "the quarry defendants") in Missouri state court, asserting various statelaw tort claims. The quarry defendants removed the case to federal district court, whereupon the district court issued an injunction prohibiting the citizens from pursuing their claims in any...

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