Comer v. Murphy Oil USA

                IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                                                        United States Court of Appeals
                        FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT                    Fifth Circuit

                                                             FILED
                             No. 07-60756                February 26, 2010

                                                   Charles R. Fulbruge III
NED COMER; BRENDA COMER; ERIC HAYGOOD, husband of Brenda Clerk
Haygood; BRENDA HAYGOOD; LARRY HUNTER, husband of Sandra L
Hunter; SANDRA L HUNTER; MITCHELL KISIELWESKI, husband of
Johanna Kisielweski; JOHANNA KISIELWESKI; ELLIOTT ROUMAIN,
husband of Rosemary Roumain; ROSEMARY ROUMAIN; JUDY OLSON;
DAVID LAIN

                                             Plaintiffs - Appellants

versus

MURPHY OIL USA; UNIVERSAL OIL PRODUCTS (UOP); SHELL OIL COMPANY;
EXXONMOBIL CORP; AES CORP; ALLEGHENY ENERGY INC; ALLIANCE
RESOURCE PARTNERS LP; ALPHA NATURAL RESOURCES INC; ARCH COAL
INC; BP AMERICA PRODUCTION COMPANY; BP PRODUCTS NORTH AMERICA
INC; CINERGY CORP; CONOCOPHILLIPS COMPANY; CONSOL ENERGY INC;
THE DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY; DUKE ENERGY CORP; EON AG; E I DUPONT
DE NEMOURS & CO; ENTERGY CORP; FIRSTENERGY CORP; FOUNDATION
COAL HOLDINGS INC; FPL GROUP INC; HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC;
INTERNATIONAL COAL GROUP INC; MASSEY ENERGY CO; NATURAL
RESOURCE PARTNERS LP; PEABODY ENERGY CORP; RELIANT ENERGY
INC; TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY; WESTMORELAND COAL CO; XCEL
ENERGY INC; CHEVRON USA INC; THE AMERICAN PETROLEUM INSTITUTE

                                               Defendants - Appellees

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         Appeal from the United States District Court for the
                   Southern District of Mississippi
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                  ON PETITIONS FOR REHEARING EN BANC

     (Opinion October 16, 2009, 5 Cir., 2009, _____F.3d____)
    (Revised Opinion October 22, 5 Cir., 2009, _____F.3d____)

                         (February 26, 2010)

BEFORE:    JOLLY, DAVIS, SMITH, STEWART, DENNIS, CLEMENT, PRADO
           OWEN and ELROD, Circuit Judges.1

BY THE COURT:

     A member of the court having requested a poll on the

petitions for rehearing en banc, and a majority of the circuit



     1
      Chief Judge Jones, and Judges King, Wiener, Garza, Benavides,
Southwick and Haynes are recused and did not participate.
judges in regular active service and not disqualified having

voted in favor,

     It is ordered that this cause shall be reheard by the court

en banc with oral argument on a date hereafter to be fixed.    The

Clerk will specify a briefing schedule for the filing of

supplemental briefs.