MR. AND MRS CLAUDE SONGY, JR., ET AL., PLAINTIFFS-APPELLANTS,
v.
COASTAL CHEMICAL CORPORATION ET AL., DEFENDANTS-APPELLEES

5th Cir. | 1972-11-21
No. 72-1354
469 F.2d 709 Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit (1972) Positive Treatment
Cited by 6 cases

Opinion of the Court
PER CURIAM:

PER CURIAM:

This appeal challenges the district court’s refusal to permit plaintiffs-appellants to proceed as a class under the provisions of Fed.R.Civ.P. 23(c) (1) to recover damages and obtain injunctive relief from air and noise pollution allegedly caused, by defendants-appellees industries’ chemical manufacturing activities.

We conclude that our jurisdiction cannot be supported under the “death knell” concept; Korn v. Franchard Corp., 2 Cir. 1971, 443 F. 2d 1301, Green v. Wolf Corp., 2 Cir. 1968, 406 F. 2d 791, cert. denied 395 U.S. 977, 89 S.Ct. 2131, 23 L.Ed.2d 766, Eisen v. Carlisle and Jacquelin, 2 Cir. 1966, 370 F. 2d 119, cert. denied 386 U.S. 1035, 87 S.Ct. 1487, 18 L.Ed.2d 598, or under the so-called “collateral order” exception of the statute, Cohen v. Beneficial Industrial Loan Corp., 1949, 337 U.S. 541, 69 S.Ct. 1221, 93 L.Ed. 1528. The district court’s ruling is not a final judgment under 28 U.S.C.A. § 1291, Gosa v. Securities Investment Company, 5 Cir. 1971, 449 F. 2d 1330.

Dismissed for lack of jurisdiction.


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