Coats v. Penrod Drilling Corp.

Decision Date28 April 1994
Docket NumberNo. 92-7378,92-7378
CitationCoats v. Penrod Drilling Corp., 20 F.3d 614 (5th Cir. 1994)
PartiesEarl Wayne COATS, Plaintiff-Appellee, Cross-Appellant, v. PENROD DRILLING CORPORATION, et al., Defendants, Penrod Drilling Corporation and Hytorc, M.E., Defendants-Appellants, Cross-Appellees.
CourtU.S. Court of Appeals — Fifth Circuit

James O. Dukes, Bryant, Clark, Dukes, Blakeslee, Ramsay & Hammond, Gulfport, MS, James O.M. Womack, Bernard H. Ticer, Burke & Mayer, New Orleans, LA, for Penrod.

William B. Gibbens, III, Gelpi, Sullivan, Carroll & Gibbens, P.C., New Orleans, LA, for Hytorc, M.E.

Maurice C. Hebert, Jr., David M. Flotte, Hebert, Mouledoux & Bland, New Orleans, LA, for appellee.

Appeals from the United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi.

ON SUGGESTIONS FOR REHEARING EN BANC

(Opinion October 18, 1993, 5 Cir., 1993, 5 F.3d 877)

Before POLITZ, Chief Judge, KING, GARWOOD, JOLLY, HIGGINBOTHAM, DAVIS, JONES, SMITH, DUHE, WIENER, BARKSDALE, EMILIO M. GARZA, and DeMOSS, Circuit Judges.

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...

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