Case Name: Naiel NASSAR, MD, Plaintiff-Appellee Cross-Appellant, v. UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER, Defendant-Appellant Cross-Appellee
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2012-07-19
Citations: 688 F.3d 211
Docket Number: No. 11-10338
Parties: Naiel NASSAR, MD, Plaintiff-Appellee Cross-Appellant, v. UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER, Defendant-Appellant Cross-Appellee.
Judges: Before REAVLEY, ELROD and HAYNES, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: Federal Reporter 3d Series
Volume: 688
Pages: 211–214

Head Matter:
Naiel NASSAR, MD, Plaintiff-Appellee Cross-Appellant, v. UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER, Defendant-Appellant Cross-Appellee.
No. 11-10338.
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
July 19, 2012.
Brian Patrick Lauten, Sawicki & Lauten, L.L.P., Dallas, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellee Cross-Appellant.
Myma Salinas Baumann, King & Spalding, L.L.P., Lars Hagen, Asst. Atty. Gen., Office of the Atty. Gen., Gen. Lit. Div., Austin, TX, Michael Wayne Johnston, King & Spalding, L.L.P., Atlanta, GA, Daryl Langdon Joseffer, King & Spalding, L.L.P., Washington, DC, for Defendant-Appellant Cross-Appellee.

Opinion:
ON PETITION FOR REHEARING AND REHEARING EN BANC
(Opinion March 8, 2012, 5th Cir., 2012, 674 F.3d 448)
Before REAVLEY, ELROD and HAYNES, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM:
The Petition for Rehearing is DENIED and the court having been polled at the request of one of the members of the court and a majority of the judges who are in regular active service and not disqualified not having voted in favor, the Petition for Rehearing En Banc is also DENIED.
In the en banc poll, 6 judges voted in favor of rehearing (Jones, Jolly, Smith, Garza, Clement, and Owen), and 9 judges voted against rehearing (Davis, Stewart, Dennis, Prado, Elrod, Southwick, Haynes, Graves, and Higginson). Judge King did not participate in consideration of the rehearing en banc.
Joining in Judge Smith's dissent are Chief Judge Jones, Judge Jolly, and Judge Clement.