Case Name: Michael E. SPIESS, Jack K. Hardy and Benjamin F. Rountree, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. C. ITOH & COMPANY (AMERICA), INC., Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1981-12-09
Citations: 664 F.2d 480
Docket Number: No. 79-2382
Parties: Michael E. SPIESS, Jack K. Hardy and Benjamin F. Rountree, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. C. ITOH & COMPANY (AMERICA), INC., Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: Before BROWN, AINSWORTH , CHARLES CLARK, GEE, RUBIN, GARZA, REAVLEY, POLITZ, RANDALL, TATE, SAM D. JOHNSON, WILLIAMS and GARWOOD, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: Federal Reporter 2d Series
Volume: 664
Pages: 480–481

Head Matter:
Michael E. SPIESS, Jack K. Hardy and Benjamin F. Rountree, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. C. ITOH & COMPANY (AMERICA), INC., Defendant-Appellant.
No. 79-2382.
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Unit A
Dec. 9, 1981.
Certiorari Dismissed Jan. 5, 1982.
See 102 S.Ct. 984.
Fulbright & Jaworski, Joe P. Martin, Neil Martin, Nancy Morrison O’Connor, Houston, Tex., for defendant-appellant.
Porter & Clements, Edward John O’Neill, Jr., Charles E. Humphrey, Jr., Houston, Tex., for plaintiffs-appellees.
Lutz Alexander Prager, E.E.O.C., Washington, D. C., for amicus curiae.
Before BROWN, AINSWORTH , CHARLES CLARK, GEE, RUBIN, GARZA, REAVLEY, POLITZ, RANDALL, TATE, SAM D. JOHNSON, WILLIAMS and GARWOOD, Circuit Judges.
Former Fifth Circuit case, Section 9(1) of Public Law 96-452 — October 14, 1980.
Because of illness, Judge Ainsworth did not participate in the consideration of this order.

Opinion:
BY THE COURT:
In light of the grant of certiorari by the Supreme Court of the United States in Avigliano v. Sumitomo Shoji America, Inc., - U.S. —, 102 S.Ct. 501, 70 L.Ed.2d 377, and Sumitomo Shoji America, Inc. v. Avigliano, - U.S. -, 102 S.Ct. 1420, 71 L.Ed.2d 644, it is ordered that the order of this court requiring the above styled cause to be reheard en banc, 654 F.2d 302, is vacated and the opinion of the panel dated the 24th day of April, 1981, 643 F.2d 353, is reinstated.