Legal Opinion
Applewhite v. Reichhold Chemicals, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided October 31, 1995No. 94-60545PublishedCited by 103 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WISDOM, Circuit Judge.
The appellants seek review of the district court’s refusal to certify a class action lawsuit and its dismissal of the appellants’ complaint. We AFFIRM the district court’s denial of class certification but VACATE the dismissal and REMAND for reconsideration of whether dismissal is appropriate in this case.
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Reichhold Chemicals, Inc., the defendant/appellee, operated a chemical manufacturing plant in Columbus, Mississippi between January 1975 and March 1977. Operations at the plant closed after an explosion and fire in 1977. In 1984, the Reichhold site was designated for…
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