                           UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                                FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT
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                                         No. 99-30458
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                      HARRY BATTISTE, JR.; BONNIE GILBERT;
                    DOUGLAS GALLAGHER; FERMIN TULLIER, III;
                        PATRICK JUGE; JULIE DAVENPORT,

                                                                              Plaintiffs-Appellants,

                                               versus

                   H & R BLOCK, INC.; H & R BLOCK EASTERN TAX
                 SERVICES, INC.; BLOCK FINANCIAL CORPORATION;
                          DANETTE DAIGLE; LOIS FALCON;
                         PAULETTE LANDRY; A THROUGH Z

                                                                             Defendants-Appellees.

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                         Appeal from the United States District Court
                             for the Middle District of Louisiana
                                       (97-CV-749-A)
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                                      February 4, 2000

Before BARKSDALE, BENAVIDES, and STEWART, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:*

               AFFIRMED. See 5TH CIR. R. 47.6.




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         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 R. 47.5, the Court has determined that this opinion should not be
published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5TH CIR.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.
