UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                           FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT
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                                    No. 99-20432
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                  HOUSTON LIGHTING & POWER COMPANY,
                                                                      Plaintiff-Appellee,
                                         versus
                  THE INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF
                ELECTRICAL WORKERS LOCAL UNION NO. 66,
                                                      Defendant-Appellant.
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                 Appeal from the United States District Court
                      for the Southern District of Texas
                                H-98-CV-1902
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                              February 10, 2000
Before BARKSDALE, BENAVIDES, and STEWART, Circuit Judges:
PER CURIAM:*
      AFFIRMED for essentially the reasons stated in the well-reasoned opinion by the
district court. Houston Lighting & Power Co. v. International Bhd. of Elec. Workers,
Local Union No. 66, No. H-98-1902 (S.D. Tex. April 12, 1999). See Houston Lighting &
Power Co. v. International Bhd. of Elec. Workers, Local Union No. 66, 

(5th
Cir. 1995).
                                                                        AFFIRMED.




      *
       Pursuant to 5TH CIR. R. 47.5, the Court has determined that this opinion should not
be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5TH
CIR. R. 47.5.4.