Cornelius v. Exxon Company USA

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS For the Fifth Circuit _________________________ No. 96-20175 _________________________ SHARON H. CORNELIUS, MILDRED WHITE, CECILIA PRESTON, and GLORIA LITTLE, Plaintiffs/Appellants/ Cross-appellees, VERSUS EXXON COMPANY USA, ET AL., Defendants, EXXON COMPANY USA, Defendant/Appellee/ Cross-Appellant. __________________________________________________ Appeals from the United States District Court For the Southern District of Texas (CA-H-93-1297) __________________________________________________ August 11, 1997 Before REYNALDO G. GARZA, KING, and DAVIS, Circuit Judges. PER CURIAM:1 After careful review of the record, we are persuaded that the district court committed no reversible error. The record demonstrates that plaintiffs’ statistical evidence was seriously flawed because it did not consider important variables. The district court therefore correctly granted judgment as a matter of law in favor of the defendants because the plaintiffs failed 1 Pursuant to 5TH CIR. R. 47.5 , the Court has determined that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5TH CIR. R. 47.5.4. to establish a prima facie case. AFFIRMED.