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UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
For the Fifth Circuit
No. 92-3732
Summary Calendar
SURFACE PREPARATION AND COATING
ENTERPRISES, INC., a/k/a SPACE,
Plaintiff-Appellant,
VERSUS
MARTIN MARIETTA MANNED SPACE
SYSTEMS, DIVISION OF MARTIN
MARIETTA CORPORATION,
Defendant-Appellee.
Appeal from the United States District Court
For the Eastern District of Louisiana
CA 91 4401 H
(May 5, 1993)
Before HIGGINBOTHAM, SMITH, and DeMOSS, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM:*
We have carefully reviewed the briefs, the reply brief, and
the record excerpts, together with relevant portions of the record

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itself; and have concluded that:
1. The magistrate judge's ruling denying "Plaintiff's Motion
To Amend" was not "clearly erroneous or contrary to law";
2. The trial judge's decision to deny "Plaintiff's Motion to
Continue Hearing on Motion for Summary Judgement" was not
an abuse of discretion on the part of the trial judge;
and
3. The determination of the trial judge that plaintiff has
no claim under the Louisiana Unfair Trade Practices and
Consumer Protection Act, La. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 51:1401-
1418, and that plaintiff has no action "ex contractu";
and that defendant's motion for summary judgment should
be granted as a matter of law should be affirmed.
Accordingly, we AFFIRM the judgment of the trial court herein.

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