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KUCHENIG v. CALIFORNIA COMPANY

No. 20803.

350 F.2d 551 (1965)

Fred KUCHENIG, Appellant, v. The CALIFORNIA COMPANY, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied October 10, 1965.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C. Ellis Henican, Deynoodt, de la Vergne, Meyers & Buckley, Henican, James & Cleveland, New Orleans, La., for appellant.

Lawrence K. Benson, New Orleans, La., for appellee, Milling Saal, Saunders Benson & Woodward, New Orleans, La., of counsel.

Before RIVES and WISDOM, Circuit Judges, and MORGAN, District Judge.

WISDOM, Circuit Judge:

In this diversity action conflicting claims of the plaintiff and of the State of Louisiana to oil-rich water bottoms raise the question whether the State (a) in its capacity as the defendant's lessor and also (b) in its capacity as a sovereign State asserting title to allegedly inalienable beds of navigable waters is an indispensable party defendant.

The land in suit is in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana. It is covered by the waters of...

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