United States Fifth Circuit

In putative class action wherein plaintiffs alleged defendant breached its lease obligations to them and to a class of similarly situated individuals under natural gas leases, the district court failed adequately to examine whether the plaintiffs met all the requirements for class certification under FRCP 23.

Appellate Information

• Decided 02/01/2002
• Published 02/01/2002

Judges

• E. GRADY JOLLY, Circuit Judge:, Before E. GRADY JOLLY, SMITH and BENAVIDES, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Fifth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Robert R. Herring, Jr.,Sylvia Gerald Davidow, Fleming & Associates, T. Gerald Treece (argued), Houston, TX, James Lawton Reed, Jr., James Joseph Ormiston, Looper, Reed & McCraw, Houston, TX, James L. Branton, Harry L. Munsinger, Branton & Hall, San Antonio, TX, for Plaintiffs-Appellees., Shannon H. Ratliff (argued), Lisa A. Paulson, Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, Richard A. Kelley, Clayton James Barton, McGinnis, Lochridge & Kilgore, Austin, TX, S. Jack Balagia, Jr., Exxon Mobile Corp., Houston, TX, for Defendant-Appellant.