                      UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                           FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT
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                                      No. 97-31320
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             DONN FORD; CARLEE GERALD; KERRY THOMAS,

                                                                       Plaintiffs-Appellants,
                                             versus

                                    PENNZOIL, ET AL,

                                                                                   Defendants,
           SPIDER STAGING CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES,
                                                 Defendant-Appellee.
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               Appeal from the United States District Court
            for the Eastern District of Louisiana, New Orleans
                             (94-CV-3948-I)
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                                     November 5, 1999
Before DUHÉ, BARKSDALE, and DENNIS, Circuit Judges:
PER CURIAM:*

       AFFIRMED. See 5th Cir. Rule 47.6. (The motion to strike Appellants’

substitute brief is DENIED. Judge Barksdale would have granted the motion and,
in addition, would have required Appellants’ counsel to show cause why sanctions

should not be imposed against him in the light of the numerous substantive changes

made by counsel in preparing the substitute brief. Along this line, Appellants’


       *
           Pursuant to 5th Cir. Rule 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not be
published and is not precedent except under t he limited circumstances set forth in 5th Cir.l Rule
47.5.4.
counsel is warned that sanctions will be imposed against him if, in the future, he
engages in conduct similar to that challenged by the motion to strike.)




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