No. 81-1379.United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.Argued June 8, 1982.
Decided June 17, 1982. Certiorari Denied November 8, 1982.
Robert C. Nusbaum, Norfolk, Va. (Hofheimer, Nusbaum, McPaul
Brenner, Norfolk, Va., on brief) for appellants.
C. Michael Montgomery, C. Grigsby Scifres, Norfolk, Va. (Seawell, Dalton, Hughes Timms, Norfolk, Va., on brief), for Johns-Manville Corp. and Johns-Manville Sales Corp.
Archibald Wallace, III, Richmond, Va. (Albert D. Bugg, Jr., Sands, Anderson, Marks Miller, Richmond, Va., on brief) for H.K. Porter Co., Inc. Southern Textile Corp.
(William V. Hoyle, Charles A. Smith, Philip S. Payne, Hoyle, Corbett, Hubbard, Smith Payne on brief) for Raybestos-Manhatten, Inc.
(William B. Eley, Eley, Rutherford Leafe, Norfolk, Va., on brief), for Eagle-Picher Industries, Inc.
(Gerard E.W. Voyer, Taylor, Walker Adams, Norfolk, Va., on brief), for Unarco Industries, Inc.
(M. Stuart Bateman, Newport News, Va., on brief), for Fibreboard Corp.
(Worth Banner, Reynolds, Smith Winters, Norfolk, Va., on brief), for Pittsburgh Corp.
(John Y. Pearson, Jr., Bruce T. Bishop, Willcox, Savage, Lawrence, Dickson Spindle, Norfolk, Va., on brief), for Celotex Corp.
(Henry C. Morgan, Jr., Pender, Coward, Addison Morgan, Norfolk, Va., on brief) for Keene Corp.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, at Norfolk Newport. J. Calvitt Clarke, Jr., District Judge.
Before WINTER, Chief Judge, and BUTZNER, RUSSELL, WIDENER, HALL, PHILLIPS, MURNAGHAN, SPROUSE, ERVIN, CHAPMAN, Circuit Judges, sitting in banc.
PER CURIAM:
[1] The judgment of the district court is affirmed by an equally divided court. [2] AFFIRMED.Page 128