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TENN. GAS PIPELINE v. HOUSTON CAS. INS.

No. 95-30739.

87 F.3d 150 (1996)

TENNESSEE GAS PIPELINE, also known as Tenneco Incorporated, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. HOUSTON CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing and Suggestion for Rehearing Denied August 5, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James B. Doyle, Woodley, Williams, Fenet, Boudreau, Norman & Brown, Lake Charles, LA, for plaintiff-appellant.

Cliffe E. Laborde, III, Susan Stagg Robinson, Laborde & Neuner, Lafayette, LA, for defendant-appellee.

Before REAVLEY, GARWOOD and JOLLY, Circuit Judges.

Rehearing and Suggestion for Rehearing En Banc Denied August 5, 1996.

REAVLEY, Circuit Judge:

An ocean-going vessel, in the tow of a tug whose helmsman was reading a novel, allided with a platform secured to the outer continental shelf some 35 miles off the coast of Louisiana. The platform owner filed suit in state court against a non-diverse insurer of the tug, contending both that the allision gave rise to a federal maritime claim that was "saved to suitors...

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