U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, 1989

Gus R. Legros and Betty Legros, Cross-Appellants v. Panther Services Group, Inc., National Union Fire Insurance Co. Of Pittsburgh, Cross-Appellee

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · Decided May 22, 1989 · Clark, Wisdom, Gee, Rubin, Reavley, Politz, King, Johnson, Williams, Garwood, Jolly, Higginbotham, Davis, Jones, Smith, Duhe

874 F.2d 953; 1990 A.M.C. 209; 1989 U.S. App. LEXIS 7435; 1989 WL 52482 (Federal Reporter, Second Series)

Counsel

John A. Jeansonne, Jr., Jeansonne & Bri-ney, Susan A. Daigle, and Charles A. Mouton, Preis, Kraft, LaGorde & Daigle, Lafayette, La., for defendant-appellant cross-ap-pellee., Robert B. Acomb, Jr. and Jefferson R. Tillery, Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitev-ent, Carrere & Denegre, New Orleans, La., Texaco-Electro-Coal Transfer Corp., ami-cus curiae in support of defendant-appellant cross-appellee., Eileen R. Madrid, New Orleans, La., for Rowan Companies, Zapata Off-Shore, Energy Service Co., Global Marine Drilling Co. and Santa Fe Drilling Co., Terrell D. Fowler, Cox, Cox, Townsley & Fowler, Lake Charles, La., for defendants-appellees., Kenneth G. Engerrand, Houston, Tex. and David W. Robertson, A.W. Walker Centennial Chair, Univ. of Texas Law School, Austin, Tex., amicus curiae, academic affiliation.

Cases that cite this one

4 later published cases cite this decision.

Southwest Marine, Inc. v. Gizoni (Supreme Court of the United States 1991)
Steven L. Easley v. Southern Shipbuilding Corporation (5th Cir. 1991)
Pierre v. Pontchartrain Dredging Corp. (United States District Court Eastern District of Louisiana 1989)
Spangler v. North Star Drilling Co. (La. Ct. App. 1989)

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Opinion

(Amended Order)

Before CLARK, Chief Judge, and WISDOM, GEE, RUBIN, REAVLEY, POLITZ, KING, JOHNSON, . WILLIAMS, GARWOOD, JOLLY, HIGGINBOTHAM, DAVIS, JONES, SMITH and DUHE, Circuit Judges. BY THE COURT:

The defendant-appellant, National Union Fire Insurance Co. of Pittsburgh has filed an agreed motion to withdraw and dismiss its appeal in light of the subject matter of this appeal having been resolved and settled between the parties on appeal. The Court having vacated the panel opinion by granting rehearing en banc, 863 F.2d 345 (5th Cir. 1988), the motion to dismiss is GRANTED, and the appeal is DISMISSED.

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