Court Opinion

ID: 4412699
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2019-06-29 00:00:18.098041+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T09:24:46.734858
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IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                 FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT

                                 No. 18-30139

WASTE MANAGEMENT OF LOUISIANA, L.L.C.,

             Plaintiff - Appellant

v.

RIVER BIRCH, INCORPORATED; ALBERT J. WARD, JR.; FREDERICK R.
HEEBE; HIGHWAY 90, L.L.C.,

             Defendants - Appellees

                Appeal from the United States District Court
                   for the Eastern District of Louisiana

Before DAVIS, COSTA, and OLDHAM, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM:

       ON PETITION FOR PANEL AND EN BANC REHEARING

      Treating the Petition for Rehearing En Banc as a Petition for Panel
Rehearing, we note that Defendants did not cite or rely on Matsushita Electric
Industrial Co. v. Zenith Radio Corp., 475 U.S. 574 (1986), in the district court
or to the panel. We therefore decline to consider that case now. Both the
majority and the dissent agree that the issue in this case is factual, more
particularly, what inferences can or will be drawn by the jury from the
evidence.

     The majority continues to adhere to its view that fact issues are
presented that preclude summary judgment. The dissent disagrees and would