CONTINENTAL CASUALTY CO. v. ASSOCIATED PIPE & SUPPLY CO.

Civ. A. Nos. 12713, 12714, 12681, 12701 and 12579.

279 F.Supp. 490 (1967)

CONTINENTAL CASUALTY COMPANY v. ASSOCIATED PIPE & SUPPLY CO., Inc., et al. TEXACO, INC. v. OFFSHORE GATHERING CORP. et al. UNDERWATER SERVICES, INC. v. OFFSHORE GATHERING CORP. COMMONWEALTH OIL COMPANY, DIVISION OF JUPITER CORPORATION, Inc. v. OFFSHORE GATHERING CORP. et al. UNITED TUGS, INC. v. CONTINENTAL CASUALTY COMPANY, Texaco, Inc. and Offshore Gathering Corp.

United States District Court E. D. Louisiana, New Orleans Division.

December 13, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eugene D. Saunders, Lawrence K. Benson, Jr., K. H. Gilly and Ernest L. O'Bannon, New Orleans, La., for Thos. Jordan, Inc. and Associated Pipe & Supply Co., Inc.

Rbt. D. Edwards and John E. Fleury, Gutna, La., for Pipe Line Serv. Corp.

Geo. A. Frilot, III, New Orleans, La., for Ayers Materials Co., Inc.

Quinton T. Hardtner, III, for D. E. Stearns Co.

Wm. A. West, Jr., New Orleans, La., for Evans Cooperage Co., Inc.

Cicero Sessions and Donald P. Endom, Michale J. Molony, Jr., New Orleans, La., for Howard T. Tellepsen, d/b/a Tom Hichs Transfer Co.

John B. Hattier, New Orleans, La., for Leson Chevrolet Co., Inc.

Vincent C. Rodriguez, New Orleans, La., for Acme Truck Line, Inc.

Melvin J. Duran, New Orleans, La., for Gerhardt's Inc.

Richard J. McGinity, Jr., New Orleans, La., for Offshore Gathering Corp.

Robert Rainold, Robert E. Leake, Jr., New Orleans, La., for Wigwam, Inc.

James O. Manning, New Orleans, La., for Borrucci Bros. Construction Co., Inc.

Melvin W. Mathes, New Orleans, La., for Electronic Service, Inc.

T. M. McBride, III, Arabi, La., for Frolich Bros. Marine Divers, Inc.

Patrick J. Butler and William J. Wegmann, New Orleans, La., for O. S. Justus, d/b/a Globe Equipt. Co.

Milton L. Williams, Shreveport, La., for Williams Pressure Service.

A. D. Freeman, Jr., New Orleans, La., for B & G Lumber Co., Cran Rental Co., Buras Drugstore, C. L. Dill Co., and E. N. Despaux.

Patrick E. Carr, Metaire, La., for John R. Lambert, Jr., and Marshland Aviation, Inc.

Sidney W. Provensal, Jr., New Orleans, La., for Ellzey Marine Supplies, Golden Meadows Oil Co. and Irby Charping.

Warren M. Simon, Jr., New Orleans, La., for New Orleans Armature Works, Inc.

Felix W. Gaudin, New Orleans, La., for New Orleans Blue Print & Supply Co.

A. Morgan Brian, Jr., New Orleans, La., for Continental Cas. Co. and Texaco, Inc.

Richard Blaise Jurisich, New Orleans, La., for Tassin Marsh Equipment Co.

E. Howard McCaleb, Jr., William W. Messersmith, III, and James J. Morrison, New Orleans, La., for Empire Machine Works, Inc.

Daniel P. Hurley, Wiley G. Lastrapes, New Orleans, La., for Texaco, Inc.

John M. Page, New Orleans, La., William Vandry, for Circle, Inc.

Warren Rush, Lafayette, La., Harold B. Judell, New Orleans, La., for Glaser Construction Co., Inc.

Robert G. Hebert, Herbert O'Neill, Thibodaux, La., for Alcide Bernard.

Joseph E. Friend, New Orleans, La., for Industrial Welding Supply Co.

Emile Turner, Peter L. Bernard, Jr., New Orleans, La., for Underwater Services, Inc.

Cicero C. Sessions, New Orleans, La., Edward T. Diaz, Golden Meadow, La., for United Tugs, Inc.

Gilbert P. Cohen, Gutna, La., Paul F. Rogyom, Kenner, La., and Rbt. I. Broussard, Gutna, La., for Boechk Engineering Co., Crescent Welding and Charles Spahr.

Peter H. Beer, New Orleans, La., Richard Cocke, Houston, Tex., for Commonwealth Oil Co.

Charles J. Hanemann, Jr., New Orleans, La., Philip E. Henderson, Joseph L. Waitz, Houma, La., for Foods and Service, Inc.


CASSIBRY, District Judge:

The principal issues involved in this case are whether the Louisiana Private Works Act1 or the Louisiana Oil, Gas and Water Wells Act2 (hereafter referred to as Oil Well Act) afforded lien coverage to suppliers of material, labor and services on an oil pipeline construction project which extended from land upon the Outer Continental Shelf of the Gulf of Mexico. Both Acts clearly cover...

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