Case Name: In re ASBESTOS LITIGATION. James FLANAGAN; David H. Middleton; Edee Cochran; Esteban Yanez Ortiz; John R. Allgood; Henry William Evers; Lester Eugene Taylor; Safety National Casualty Corporation, Appellants v. Gerald AHEARN; James McAdams Dennis; Charles W. Jeep; James Drake; Juanita Drake; James Ellison; Roland Dearborn; Judith Dearborn; Kerwin Butcher, Dir., Workers Comp., Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs, U.S. Dept. of Labor; Paul Cochran; Ida Beck; Marion Behee; Longshore Intervenor; William James Mitchell; Fibreboard Corporation; Bethlehem Steel Corporation; Continental Casualty Company; Pacific Indemnity; Francis McGovern; Owens-Illinois Inc.; Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company; Columbia Casualty Company; CNA Casualty Company of California; Celotex Corp.; Daniel Herman Rudd, Jr., on behalf of themselves and others similarly situated; Beverly White, on behalf of themselves and others similarly situated; John Hansel, on behalf of themselves and others similarly situated, Appellees
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1996-11-26
Citations: 101 F.3d 368
Docket Number: Nos. 95-40635, 95-40694
Parties: In re ASBESTOS LITIGATION. James FLANAGAN; David H. Middleton; Edee Cochran; Esteban Yanez Ortiz; John R. Allgood; Henry William Evers; Lester Eugene Taylor; Safety National Casualty Corporation, Appellants v. Gerald AHEARN; James McAdams Dennis; Charles W. Jeep; James Drake; Juanita Drake; James Ellison; Roland Dearborn; Judith Dearborn; Kerwin Butcher, Dir., Workers Comp., Director, Office of Workers’ Compensation Programs, U.S. Dept. of Labor; Paul Cochran; Ida Beck; Marion Behee; Longshore Intervenor; William James Mitchell; Fibreboard Corporation; Bethlehem Steel Corporation; Continental Casualty Company; Pacific Indemnity; Francis McGovern; Owens-Illinois Inc.; Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company; Columbia Casualty Company; CNA Casualty Company of California; Celotex Corp.; Daniel Herman Rudd, Jr., on behalf of themselves and others similarly situated; Beverly White, on behalf of themselves and others similarly situated; John Hansel, on behalf of themselves and others similarly situated, Appellees.
Judges: Before REAVLEY, DAVIS and SMITH, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: Federal Reporter 3d Series
Volume: 101
Pages: 368–370

Head Matter:
In re ASBESTOS LITIGATION. James FLANAGAN; David H. Middleton; Edee Cochran; Esteban Yanez Ortiz; John R. Allgood; Henry William Evers; Lester Eugene Taylor; Safety National Casualty Corporation, Appellants v. Gerald AHEARN; James McAdams Dennis; Charles W. Jeep; James Drake; Juanita Drake; James Ellison; Roland Dearborn; Judith Dearborn; Kerwin Butcher, Dir., Workers Comp., Director, Office of Workers’ Compensation Programs, U.S. Dept. of Labor; Paul Cochran; Ida Beck; Marion Behee; Longshore Intervenor; William James Mitchell; Fibreboard Corporation; Bethlehem Steel Corporation; Continental Casualty Company; Pacific Indemnity; Francis McGovern; Owens-Illinois Inc.; Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company; Columbia Casualty Company; CNA Casualty Company of California; Celotex Corp.; Daniel Herman Rudd, Jr., on behalf of themselves and others similarly situated; Beverly White, on behalf of themselves and others similarly situated; John Hansel, on behalf of themselves and others similarly situated, Appellees.
Nos. 95-40635, 95-40694.
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
Nov. 26, 1996.
Rehearing Denied Dec. 3, 1996.
Leonard C. Jaques, Michael J. Connor, The Jaques Admiralty Law Firm, Detroit, MI, for appellants.
Elihu Inselbuch, Charles Sanders MeNew, Caplin & Drysdale, Chartered, New York City, Steven Kazan, Kazen, McClain, Edises, Simon & Abrams, Oakland, CA, Joseph F. Rice, Ness, Motley, Loadholt, Richardson & Poole, Charleston, SC, Peter Van Lockwood, Caplin & Drysdale, Chartered, Washington, DC, Joseph B. Cox, Jr., Cox & Cox, Sullivan’s Island, SC, Harry Fred Wartnick, Wartnick, Chuber, Harowitz, Smith & Tiger-man, San Francisco, CA, for Ahearn, Dennis, Jeep, Ellison, and Mitchell.
Eric ■ D. Green, Boston, MA, for Dennis and Jeep.
Bruce L. Ahnfeldt, Napa, CA, for Drake.
Clinton A. Krislov, Krislov & Associates, Chicago, IL, Ronald W. Lupton, Stinson, Lupton and Weiss, Bath, ME, for Roland and Judith Dearborn, Butcher, and Longshore.
Michael Scott Hertzig, Washington, DC, for Dir., Workers Comp., Director, Office of Workers’ Compensation Programs, U.S. Dept, of Labor.
Frederick M. Baron, Dallas, TX, for Cochran, Beck and Behee.
Kelly C. Wooster, Stephen M. Snyder, San Francisco, CA, William R. Irwin, James L. Miller, Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison, San Francisco, CA, for Fibreboard Corp.
Herbert Maurice Wachtell, Meyer G. Ko: plow, Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, New York City, Billy Glynn Parker, Ireland, Carroll and Kelley, Tyler, TX, Donald T. Ramsey, David M. Rice, Rodney L. Eshelman, Carroll, Burdick & McDonough, San Francisco, CA, for Continental Cas. Co.
Paul J. Bschorr, Richard B. Sypher, Dewey Ballantine, New York City, for Pacific Indem.
Richard L. Josephson, Baker and Botts, Houston, TX, Robert B. Shaw, Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, L.L.P., Columbia, SC, for Owens-Illinois Inc.
Gary A. Bresee, Barger and Wolen, San Francisco, CA, for Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company.
Herbert Maurice Wachtell, Meyer G. Ko-plow, Stuart Philip Ross, Ross, Dixon and Masback, Washington, DC, for Columbia Cas. Co.
Charles P. Schropp, Schropp, Buell & Elli-gett, Tampa, FL, for Celotex Corp.
Arthur H. Bryant, Anne W. Bloom, Trial Lawyers for Public Justice, Washington, DC, for Trial Lawyers for Public Justice, amicus curiae.
Jeffrey Robert White, Pamela A. Liapakis, Associated Trial Lawyers of America, Washington, DC, for Association of Trial Lawyers of America, amicus curiae.
Craig A. Berrington, David F. Snyder, James L. Kimble, American Insurance Association, Washington, DC, for American Insurance Association, amicus curiae.
Scott MeCullen Baldwin, Baldwin & Baldwin, Marshall, TX, for Asbestos Victims of America, amicus curiae.
Roy L. Stacy, Dennis D. Conder, Dallas, TX, Andrew K. Epting, Jr., Wise, Pratts Thomas, Pearce, Epting & Walker, Charleston, SC, for Safety National Casualty Corporation.
Brent M. Rosenthal, Steve Dan Baugh-man, Baron & Budd, Dallas, TX, Frederick M. Baron, Dallas, TX, Sidney Katherine Powell, Powell & Associates, Dallas, TX, S. Ann Saucer, Dallas, TX, for Edee Cochran, appellant.
Judges King, Higginbotham, Barksdale, Bena-vides, and Parker are recused and did not participate in the consideration of the suggestions for rehearing en banc. Judge Dennis also did not participate.

Opinion:
ON SUGGESTIONS FOR REHEARING EN BANC
Before REAVLEY, DAVIS and SMITH, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM:
The court having been polled at the request of one of its members and a majority of the judges who are in regular active service not having voted in favor (FRAP 35 and Local Rule 35), the suggestions for rehearing en banc are DENIED.