Opinion issued October 10, 2002

In The

Court of Appeals

For The

First District of Texas

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NO. 01-97-01142-CV

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KAMEL BOUSTANY, MICHAEL K. SHANNON,

WILLIAM W. LANDHOLT, JOHNNY DUNLAP, GUILLERMO E. PAREJA, BRUCE R. BRANDT, MIKE BEGIN, MICHAEL WAYNE FRENCH, EVAN L. PAGELER, MARK W. STEWART, STEVEN L. BOYCE, MARK NIXON, DANIEL L. PRY, RICHARD C.L. BROWN, THOMAS J. IANNOZI, MICHAEL SHELDON, GALEN LEE BEHRANDS, STEVEN LEROY SAXTON, PHILLIP O. MAYBERRY, DEBORAH S. VOGELER, GARY L. HAUSER, MICHAEL G. ROHRET, DENNIS ZMOLEK, IRA R. DAHLMAN, JAMES A. CAREY, CRAIG B. ANDERSON, GLENN R. WILLEY, BRUCE L. QUERNEMOEN,

C. ROMEO, MICHAEL J. MASON, GARY R. ICENOGLE,

L.E. FLEETWOOD, DANIEL C. OWENS, DAVID ANTHONY NOONAN, DALE M. LUCHT, KEVIN D. JACKSON, ROBERT L. KELLEY, JON LEYEN, THOMAS BETHELL OLIVER, MELVIN MICHAEL O'DONNELL, BRUCE RYAN, BHUPENDRA GANATRA, DENNY CAHILL, JERE C. ALLEN, TERRY D. BUZBEE, KENT BROWN GUTHRIE, TOR MORNE, PHILIP W. DAVIDSON, CHARLES B. KRAEMER, EARNEST W. SUMPTER, PERRY L. LIPE, GARY E. STANULIS, GEOFF TIMONS, GREGORY D. CARR, DENNIS HYLAND, JAMES SCOTT McLAGAN, THOMAS A. DODGE, JERALD AUSTIN MOON, DALE A. KUBLY, GORDON EUROM, DALE KENDALL LYLE, GLEN J. EDGERLY, J.H. HO, LEONARDO A. RODRIGUEZ, COLIN STUART LEWINGTON, SADAHIRO HIRAYAMA, DAVID L. JUMONVILLE, THOMAS A. SNEAD, DAVID M. PLUM, DOROTHY J. HELLBERG, THOMAS A. KATICH, JOHN R. WEEKLEY, SANDRA L. WEEKLEY, HAROLD STEPHEN HAMBY, STANLEY L. MILLER, KLAUS KOCH, PIERRE SCHELCHER, PETER O'KEEFE, VERNON LEE KLASSEN, DAVID J. POSTLETHWAITE, JOHN CHARLES TRIBOU, RAYMOND J. THEIS, JAMES A. NYQUIST, JOHN M. COSTELLO, VOLKER WEHRES, RICHARD HOOBER, TERRY L. SPAETH, ALAN M. YOUNG, STANLEY KEITH SWANSON, KENNETH H. CARDER, OWEN FALLON, KEVIN NELSON, RONALD L. ALLEN, CHARLES NOONAN, JOSEPH J. SERATI, JULIA S. McALLISTER, WAYNE ROBBINS, DAN G. BUTTON, ROBERT L. WOODS, NEAL M. INGRAM, GALEN WILKE, JAMES EDWARD MONTGOMERY, JULIE A. MORAN (formerly known as JULIE LEACH), CARLOS GONZALEZ, MICHELE M. RHILINGER, DENNIS J. GREEN, LAWRENCE W. MEYER, ARAND MEIJER, WILLIAM ROBERTSON, and GOH SAN KENG, Appellants

V.

MONSANTO COMPANY, Appellee

On Appeal from the 149th District Court

Brazoria County, Texas

Trial Court Cause No. 96M0975

OPINION ON REMAND FROM THE TEXAS SUPREME COURT

The parties filed a joint motion to dismiss this appeal on September 11, 2002. Counsel for all parties signed the motion. Accordingly, the appeal is dismissed. Tex. R. App. P. 42.1(a)(1).

All pending motions in this appeal are overruled as moot. The Clerk is directed to issue mandate immediately. Tex. R. App. P. 18.1(c).

Panel consists of Justices Mirabal, Taft, and Nuchia.

Do not publish. Tex. R. App. P. 47.