# Allison v. Citgo Petroleum Corp. > Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · October 2, 1998 · 151 F.3d 402 URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9491366 ## Case - **Full name:** James E. ALLISON; Ray Anderson; Joanne Andrepont; Raymond Artis; Joseph Austin; Charles Avery; Ronald Ballou; Leroy Ballou; Daniel Barron; Arnold Batiste; Reginald Bilbo; David L. Blaney; Alex Broussard; Calvin Broussard; Northern Brown; Sandra Brown; Solomon Butler; Jesse L. Carmen; Charles Carrier; Junius Carter; Donald Ceasar; Audrey T. Celestine; Anthony Champage; Reid Champman; Jaqueline Clemons; Leonard Cole; Glenneth Coleman; Lester Coleman; Cleveland J. Collins; Larry A. Combest; Lynette Cormier; George Darbonne; Patricia Darbonne; Xavier Darbonne; Willie DeJean; Louis A. Dudley; Joseph Dugar; Loney M. Dougar; Charles Ellis; Peter Evans; Clyde Felix; Charles Fobb, Jr., Clinton Fobbs, Jr., Gilbert Foote; Howard Dee Foreman; Velma M. Gallien; Ray A. Garland; McArthur Gilliam; Paul Goodwin; Marion R. Greene; Shelton Guillory; Wilton Guillory; Willie Ray Hamilton; Donald Harris; Edwina M. Harris; Silver Ray Harris; Ray Harris; Donald Harrison; Henry G. Hawkins; Helen G. Henry; Willie Irving; Donald D. Jackson; Jack Johnson; Samuel Johnson; Lawrence Jones; Edward Jordan; Horace J. Lambert; Angel LeBlanc; Albert Leday, Jr.; Clifford Leday; Arthur K. Lee; Earl J. Lemell; Joseph Lemell, Jr.; Wilbert J. Lewis; Harold J. Lockett; Kathleen v. Manueal; Paul D. Matthews; Aubrey Matthews; Charlet L. McCain; Louis E. Metoyer; Wesley J. Monroe; Melvin Moreau; Mark A. Mott; Willie Mouton; Joseph Larry Nelson; Moses Nelson; Herbert L. Oliver; Edward Oliver; Mark H. Pappion; Cornelius Pappion; Frederick Perrodin; Joseph Perron, Jr.; August Pete; Darrell Pete; Gussie Pitre; Patricia Pitre; George Polk, Jr; Linton Poullard, Jr.; Joseph Prudhomme; Larry Prudhomme, Jr.; Harvey C. Pullard; Charles W. Rawl; Frederick Rideaux; Joseph A. Riley; Virginia Riley; Nancy Ryan; Nathaniel H. Sapp; Louis Semien, Jr.; Chester Senegal; Joseph Senien, Jr.; Jessie L. Shaw; Howard W. Sherman; Wanda F. Smith; George Stenson; Gerald Sterling; Richard Sterling; Charles A. Talbert; Patricia Taylor; George E. Taylor; Martin Thomas; Warren G. Thomas; Donald Thompson; Huey P. Tolston; Elray Victorian; Sheila Ward; Cynthia Washington; Victor Washington; Warren Washington; Wilson Washington; Huey William; Wilbert Williams; Errol Wilson; Armond Wyatt, Plaintiffs-Appellants, Jonathan Anderson; Daniel Cox; Russell Metoyer; Hillery Randell; Leo P. Reeder, Intervenors Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. CITGO PETROLEUM CORP., Defendant-Appellee - **Court:** Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit - **Decided:** October 2, 1998 - **Citations:** 151 F.3d 402; 1998 WL 483970 - **Precedential status:** Published - **Opinion:** On rehearing - **Judges:** Cii-Cuit, Jolly, Smith, Dennis - **Cited by:** 548 later opinions in the Frix Law Library ## Citator (automated) - No negative treatment found by the automated citator. 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In denying rehearing, the panel majority makes the following observation: The trial court utilized consolidation under rule 42 rather than class certification under rule 23 to manage this case. We review that decision for abuse of discretion and we find no abuse in this case. We are not called upon to decide whether the district court would have abused its discretion if it had elected to bifurcate liability issues that are common to the class and to certify for class determination those discreet liability issues. Judge Dennis dissents from the denial of panel rehearing. 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 (see Fed.R.App.P. 35, 5th Cir.R. 35), the suggestion for rehearing en banc is DENIED. Judge Duhé is recused and did not participate in the consideration of the suggestion for rehearing en banc. --- Source: Frix Law Library, https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9491366. Public record. Not legal advice.