Underwater Services, Inc. v. Brown & Root Marine Operators, Inc.
Cases that cite this one
8 later published cases cite this decision. The 7 that cite it most often are listed here.
- Johnson v. Excelsior Shipping Co. (United States District Court for the Southern District of Alabama 1970)
- Molett v. Penrod Drilling Co. (5th Cir. 1987)
- Parfait v. Jahncke Service, Inc. (3d Cir. 1973)
- Parfait v. Jahncke Service, Inc. (5th Cir. 1973)
- Cleveland Yancy Jernigan, Jr. v. Lay Barge Delta Five and Aquatic Contractors and Engineers, Inc. (5th Cir. 1970)
- Centraal Stikstof Verkoopkanter, N. v. V. Walsh Stevedoring Company, Inc. (5th Cir. 1967)
- Hebert v. California Oil Company (District Court, W.D. Louisiana 1967)
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Opinion
376 F.2d 852
UNDERWATER SERVICES, INC., et al., Appellants,
v.
BROWN & ROOT MARINE OPERATORS, INC., Appellee.
No. 23362.
United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.
May 9, 1967.
Rehearing Denied June 8, 1967.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana; Edwin F. Hunter, Jr., Judge.
Edward J. Villere, Faris, Ellis, Cutrone, Gilmore & Lautenschlaeger, L. J. Lautenschlaeger, Jr., New Orleans, La., for appellant Underwater Services, Inc.
Cavanaugh, Brame, Holt & Woodley, Lake Charles, La., Meredith T. Holt and Donald E. Walter, Lake Charles, La., of counsel, for appellants Underwater Services, Inc. and Travelers Ins. Co.
Robert Eikel, Houston, Tex., Thomas C. Hall, Lake Charles, La., Theodore Goller, Houston, Tex., Hall, Raggio & Farrar, Lake Charles, La., Eikel & Goller, Houston, Tex., for appellee.
Before RIVES and WISDOM, Circuit Judges, and CONNALLY, District Judge.
PER CURIAM:
We adopt as the opinion of this Court the well reasoned opinion of the district court. Smith v. Brown & Root Marine Operators, Inc., W.D.La.1965, 243 F. Supp. 130.
We hold that the district judge was not clearly erroneous in finding Brown & Root's employees free of negligence.
Affirmed.
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