Ford v. Murphy Oil U.S.A., Inc.

ORDER AND REASONS

FELDMAN, District Judge.

Before the Court are the plaintiffs’ motion to remand and defendant Chemcat Corporation’s motion to sever. For the reasons which follow, the motion to sever is DENIED, plaintiffs’ motion to remand is GRANTED. However, plaintiffs’ request for an award of attorneys’ fees and costs is DENIED.

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This case arises from an alleged series of emissions of toxic pollutants from the St. Bernard parish plants of Mobil Oil Corporation, Murphy Oil, U.S.A., Inc., Chemcat Corporation, and Calciner Industries. The plaintiffs filed a class action in the Thirty-Fourth…