                 UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                      FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT

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                           No. 99-30902
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                JAMES HARMON COOK, II, Co-Trustee
          of the James Harmon Cook Trust Dated 3/24/93;
              SANDRA ALLINE COOK, Co-Trustee of the
              James Harmon Cook Trust Dated 3/24/93

                                           Plaintiffs-Appellants,

                             versus

                     CHARAN INDUSTRIES, INC.

                                                 Defendant-Appellee.

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          Appeal from the United States District Court
             for the Eastern District of Louisiana
                         (98-CV-2048-D)
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                          June 14, 2000

Before POLITZ, BARKSDALE, and DENNIS, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:*

          Having heard argument by counsel and reviewed the briefs

and pertinent parts of the record, and essentially for the reasons

stated by the district court, Cook v. Charan Indus., Inc., No. 98-

CV-2048 (E.D. La. 23 June 1999), the judgment is

                                                           AFFIRMED.




     *
      Pursuant to 5TH CIR. R. 47.5, the Court has determined that
this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except
under the limited circumstances set forth in 5TH CIR. R. 47.5.4.
