Vega v. National Life Ins. Services Inc.
| Decision Date | 01 February 1999 |
| Docket Number | No. 97-20645,97-20645 |
| Parties | Vilma Lisette VEGA; Jose Vega, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. NATIONAL LIFE INSURANCE SERVICES INC.; et al., Defendants, Pan-American Life Insurance Company, Defendant-Appellee. |
| Court | U.S. Court of Appeals — Fifth Circuit |
Ivar Nelson Heggen, Houston, TX, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.
Reagan Mark Brown, David Jack Levy, Fulbright & Jaworski, Houston, TX, for Pan-American Life Ins. Co.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas; Lynn N. Hughes, Judge.
ON SUGGESTION FOR REHEARING EN BANC
(Opinion June 30, 1998, 5 Cir., 1998, 145 F.3d 673)
Before POLITZ, JOLLY, HIGGINBOTHAM, DAVIS, JONES, SMITH, DUHE, WIENER, BARKSDALE, EMILIO M. GARZA, DeMOSS, BENAVIDES, STEWART, PARKER and DENNIS, Circuit Judges. *
A member of the Court in active service having requested a poll on the suggestion for rehearing en banc and a majority of the judges in active service having voted in favor of granting a rehearing en banc,
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.
* Chief Judge King is recused and did not participate in this decision.
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