CONTINENTAL OIL CO. v. LONDON STEAM-SHIP OWN. MUT. INS. ASS'N

No. 25372.

417 F.2d 1030 (1969)

CONTINENTAL OIL COMPANY et al., Appellants-Appellees, v. The LONDON STEAM-SHIP OWNERS' MUTUAL INSURANCE ASSOCIATION, Ltd., Appellee-Appellant. The LONDON STEAM-SHIP OWNERS' MUTUAL INSURANCE ASSOCIATION, Ltd., Appellee-Appellant, v. CONTINENTAL OIL COMPANY et al., Appellants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

September 23, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph Newton, Houston, Tex., William R. Tete, Lake Charles, La., for appellant; Fulbright, Crooker, Freeman, Bates & Jaworski, Houston, Tex., Jones, Kimball, Harper, Tete & Wetherill, Lake Charles, La., of counsel.

George W. Renaudin, David B. Connery, Jr., Houston, Tex., Edgar F. Barnett, Lake Charles, La., for appellee; Royston, Rayzor & Cook, Houston, Tex., Hall, Raggio, Farrar & Barnett, Lake Charles, La., of counsel.

Before JOHN R. BROWN, Chief Judge, DYER, Circuit Judge, and GARZA, District Judge.


JOHN R. BROWN, Chief Judge:

Although this case involves a collision between the S/S Kimon and Continental Oil Company's drilling and production platform fixed on the Outer Continental Shelf in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Louisiana, that is the simplest thing about the litigation. What complicates it is not necessarily the United Nations complexion of the ship's company or notions of flag of convenience,1 or the involvement of British...

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