Legal Opinion
Turner v. Murphy Oil USA, Inc.
District Court, E.D. Louisiana
Decided January 30, 2006No. Civ.A. No. 05-4206PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER AND REASONS
FALLON, District Judge.
Before the Court is the Plaintiffs’ Motion for Class Certification. The Court received evidence and argument regarding this motion in a two-day hearing that commenced on January 12, 2006. For the following reasons, Plaintiffs’ Motion for Class Certification is hereby GRANTED.
1. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND
These twenty-seven consolidated class actions filed on behalf of several thousand people claiming damages arise from an incident in St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana, that occurred during the week following the landfall of Hurricane Katrina in 2005.1…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- Amchem Products, Inc. v. WindsorSupreme Court of the United States · 1997
- Dianne Castano v. The American Tobacco CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1996
- Loescher v. ParrSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1975
- Kent v. Gulf States Utilities Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1982
- Wanda Jenkins v. Raymark Industries, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1986
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3Cited by28 opinions
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- In Re Enron Corp. SecuritiesDistrict Court, S.D. Texas · 2006
- In re Oil Spill by the Oil Rig "Deepwater Horizon"District Court, E.D. Louisiana · 2012
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