                 IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                         FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT

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                              No. 98-21017
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            BOOKER TROTTER; REUBEN WILLIAMS;
            VICTORIA WALLACE; GILBERT ETHRIDGE;
            PATSY MANNING; PHUONG KIM NGUYEN;
            CHARLES DAVIS; YOLANDA SMITH,

                                 Plaintiffs-Appellants,

            v.

            UNCLE BEN’S, INC.,

                                 Defendant-Appellee.

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           Appeal from the United States District Court
                for the Southern District of Texas
                           (H-97-CV-753)
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                           October 13, 1999

Before KING, Chief Judge, and GARWOOD and STEWART, Circuit
Judges.

PER CURIAM:*

     The judgment of the district court is affirmed for

essentially the reasons set forth in the district court’s Order

on Memorandum and Recommendation entered October 1, 1998.

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this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except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.
