United States Fifth Circuit
SHERWIN-WILLIAMS CO. v. HOLMES COUNTY, 02-60578
The district court gave insufficient weight to factors supporting exercise of jurisdiction and erred in dismissing a declaratory action as to a paint manufacturer and distributor's liability to Mississippi school districts and counties for cost of lead paint abatement.
Appellate Information
- Decided 08/13/2003
- Published 08/13/2003
Judges
- ROSENTHAL, District Judge:, Before KING, Chief Judge, DAVIS, Circuit Judge, and ROSENTHAL, District Judge.
Court
- United States Fifth Circuit
Counsel
- For Appellant:
- William F. Goodman, Jr. (argued), John G. Corlew, John L. Low, IV, Watkins & Eager, Jackson, MS, Charles H. Moellenberg, Jr., Paul M. Pohl, Jones Day, Pittsburg, PA, Traci Leigh Lovitt, Jones Day, New York City, for Plaintiff-Appellant., Deborah Ann McDonald, Natchez, MS, for Holmes County.
- For Appellees:
- Ronald S. Scott, Erin Glenn Busby (argued), Bracewell & Patterson, Sylvia Gerald Davidow, Anita Kawaja, Fleming & Associates, Houston, TX, for Defendants-Appellees.