Case Name: Harold E. HUFFMAN, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2012-06-07
Citations: 683 F.3d 619
Docket Number: No. 09-40736
Parties: Harold E. HUFFMAN, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: Before DENNIS, OWEN and SOUTHWICK, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: Federal Reporter 3d Series
Volume: 683
Pages: 619–626

Head Matter:
Harold E. HUFFMAN, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 09-40736.
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
June 7, 2012.
J. Kirkland Sammons (argued), Sammons & Berry, P.C., John Gus Zgourides, Sr. Trial Atty., Sammons & Associates, P.C., Houston, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellee.
Harry Alston Johnson, III (argued), Phelps Dunbar, L.L.P., Baton Rouge, LA, William David George, Mainess Gibson, Connelly, Baker, Wotring, L.L.P., Houston, TX, for Defendant-Appellant.
Before DENNIS, OWEN and SOUTHWICK, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
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 (Fed. R.App. P. 35 and 5th Cir. R. 35), the petition for rehearing en banc is DENIED.
In the en banc poll, 3 judges voted in favor of rehearing (Dennis, Elrod, and Graves), and 12 judges voted against rehearing (Jones, King, Jolly, Davis, Garza, Stewart, Clement, Prado, Owen, South-wick, Haynes, and Higginson).
JERRY E. SMITH, Circuit Judge, did not participate in consideration of the rehearing en banc.