                   UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

                        FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT

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                            No. 00-30769
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EMMETT HYDE,

                                      Plaintiff - Appellee


VERSUS



STANLEY TOOLS, a Product Group of the Stanley Works,

                                      Defendant - Appellant

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                            No. 00-30959
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STANLEY TOOLS, a Product Group of the Stanley Works,

                                      Plaintiff - Appellant

VERSUS


MADISON MILL, INC.,

                                      Defendant - Appellee

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            Appeals from the United States District Court
                for the Eastern District of Louisiana
                      (98-CV-2757 & 00-CV-1023)
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                           December 3, 2001


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Before JOLLY and PARKER, Circuit Judges, and SPARKS*, District
Judge.

PER CURIAM:**

     AFFIRMED.   See 5TH CIR. R. 47.6.




     *
      District Judge of the Western District of Texas, sitting by
designation.
     **
      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this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except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.

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