# Troy Watson v. Shell Oil Company, and Brown & Root, U.S.A., Inc., Robert Adams, Sr. v. Shell Oil Company, and Brown & Root, U.S.A., Inc.

> Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · January 25, 1994 · 53 F.3d 663

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/695175

## Case

- **Full name:** Troy WATSON, Et Al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. SHELL OIL COMPANY, and Brown & Root, U.S.A., Inc., Defendants-Appellants; Robert ADAMS, Sr., Et Al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. SHELL OIL COMPANY, and Brown & Root, U.S.A., Inc., Defendants-Appellants
- **Court:** Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
- **Decided:** January 25, 1994
- **Citations:** 53 F.3d 663; 1994 WL 778842
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Opinion
- **Judges:** Politz, Garwood, Jolly, Higginbotham, Davis, Jones, Smith, Wiener, Barksdale, Garza, Demoss
- **Cited by:** 13 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

## Citator (automated)

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## How later opinions describe it (automated extraction)

- finding common questions arising from an oil refinery explosion that injured more than 18,000 plaintiffs

## Opinion text

*664
ON PETITION FOR REHEARING AND SUGGESTION FOR REHEARING EN BANC
(Opinion December 7, 1992, 5 Cir., 1992, 979 F.2d 1014 )
Before POLITZ, Chief Judge, GARWOOD, JOLLY, HIGGINBOTHAM, DAVIS, JONES, SMITH, WIENER, BARKSDALE, E. GARZA, and DeMOSS, Circuit Judges.
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Prior Report: 136 F.R.D. 588 .
BY THE COURT:
IT IS ORDERED that the joint motion of appéllants. Shell Oil Company and Brown & Root, U.S.A., Inc. and appellees, the plaintiffs’ Legal Committee, to dismiss these interlocutory appeals presently pending for rehearing en banc, with prejudice, each party to bear its own costs, is granted.

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