                    UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                         FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT
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                             No. 01-30299
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         CARROLL HALL, on behalf of Halco Energy Equipment Co,
                     Individually and as President

                          Plaintiff - Counter Defendant - Appellant,

                                 versus

              CHURCHILL PARTNERS, L. C.; WILLIAM HAMMANN

                                               Defendants - Appellees;

                          PAN HOLDINGS, INC.

                         Defendant - Counter Claimant - Appellee.
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           Appeal from the United States District Court
               for the Western District of Louisiana
                             (98-CV-82)
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                         February 11, 2002
Before DUHÉ, BARKSDALE, and DENNIS, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:*

     AFFIRMED.     See 5TH CIR. R. 47.6.




     *
      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opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the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.
