                    UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

                        FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT


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                             No. 96-30927
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     BASIC RENTAL INC.,

                                         Plaintiff-Appellant,

                                versus

     TRANSAMERICA COMMERCIAL FINANCE CORP.; ET AL.,

                                         Defendants,

     TRANSAMERICA COMMERCIAL FINANCE CORP.;
     TRANSAMERICA RENTAL FINANCE CORP.,

                                         Defendants-Appellees.
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         Appeal from the United States District Court for the
                     Western District of Louisiana
                              (93-CV-1350)
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                              June 6, 1997

Before WISDOM, BENAVIDES, AND STEWART, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:*

     AFFIRMED.    See Local Rule 47.6.




     *
       Pursuant to Local Rule 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this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except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 Local Rule 47.5.4.
