Legal Opinion
In Re Excel Corporation, Cargill, Incorporated Freddie Franklin Steve Steffe
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided February 19, 1997No. 96-41220PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BY THE COURT:
Petitioners Excel Corporation (Excel), Cargill, Inc. (Cargill), Freddie Franklin, and Steve Steffe (collectively “the defendants”) filed this petition for writ of mandamus pursuant to 29 U.S.C. § 1651 and Fed.R.App.P. 21(a). The defendants ask this court to issue a writ of mandamus directing the district court to vacate its order that consolidated, for purposes of remand, the claims and parties of the eight underlying cases at issue. Because we hold that the district court erred in consolidating these cases and remanding the cases on the basis of that consolidation order, we…
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