Kliebert v. Upjohn Co.

Decision Date22 January 1991
Docket NumberNo. 89-3406,89-3406
Citation923 F.2d 47
PartiesMichael Anthony KLIEBERT, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. The UPJOHN COMPANY, et al., Defendants-Appellees.
CourtU.S. Court of Appeals — Fifth Circuit

C. John Caskey, Baton Rouge, La., for plaintiff-appellant.

John J. Weigel and Vivian L. Madison, Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carrere & Denegre, New Orleans, La., for Upjohn Co.

Kathleen A. Manning and Henri Wolbrette, III, McGlinchey, Stafford, Cellini & Lang, New Orleans, La., for Pfizer, Inc.

Wm. F. Bologna, Habans & Bologna, New Orleans, La., for American Cyanamid Co., etc.

Joseph P. Gordon, Jr., Phillip C. Rouse, and Henry A. Alsobrook, Jr., Adams & Reese, New Orleans, La., for Bristol-Myers Co. and E.R. Squibb & Sons, Inc.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana; Peter Beer, District Judge.

Before CLARK, Chief Judge, GEE, POLITZ, KING, JOHNSON, GARWOOD, JOLLY, HIGGINBOTHAM, DAVIS, JONES, SMITH, DUHE, WIENER and BARKSDALE, Circuit Judges.

(Opinion October 12, 1990, 5 Cir., 1990, 915 F.2d 142)

BY THE COURT:

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.

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