Marathon Oil Company, Marathon International Oil Company,marathon Petroleum Norge A/s,plaintiffs-appellants-cross-appellees, v. A. G. Ruhrgas, Defendant-appellee-cross-appellant

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. - 129 F.3d 746

Nov. 17, 1997

Clifton T. Hutchinson, J. Gregory Taylor, David John Schenck, Hughes & Luce, Dallas, TX, for Plaintiffs-Appellants-Cross-Appellees.

Ben H. Sheppard, Jr., Guy Stanford Lipe, Michael John Mucchetti, Harry M. Reasoner, Vinson & Elkins, Houston, TX, for Ruhrgas.

Peter Heidenberger, Thomas G. Corcoran, Jr., Berliner, Corcoran & Rowe, Washington, DC, for Federal Republic of Germany, Amicus Curiae.

Appeals from the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas; Melinda Harmon, Judge.

(Opinion June 10, 1997, 5 Cir., 1997, 115 F.3d 315)

Before POLITZ, Chief Judge, and KING, JOLLY, HIGGINBOTHAM, DAVIS, JONES, SMITH, DUHE, WIENER, BARKSDALE, EMILIO M. GARZA, DeMOSS, BENAVIDES, STEWART, PARKER and DENNIS, Circuit Judges.

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BY THE COURT:

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A majority of judges in active service having determined, on the Court's own motion, to rehear this case en banc,

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IT IS ORDERED that this cause shall be reheard by the Court en banc with oral argument on a date hereafter to be fixed. The Clerk will specify a briefing schedule for the filing of supplemental briefs.