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RODRIGUE v. AETNA CASUALTY & SURETY CO.

No. 436.

395 U.S. 352 (1969)

RODRIGUE ET AL. v. AETNA CASUALTY & SURETY CO. ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 9, 1969.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Philip E. Henderson argued the cause for petitioners. With him on the briefs were A. Deutsche O'Neal and George Arceneaux, Jr.

James E. Diaz argued the cause for respondents. With him on the brief were W. Ford Reese, Richard C. Baldwin, and James E. Blazek.

MR. JUSTICE WHITE delivered the opinion of the Court.

This case involves two men, Dore and Rodrigue, who met their deaths on artificial island drilling rigs located on the outer Continental Shelf off the Louisiana coast. Each man's family brought suit for wrongful death in the federal courts both under the Death on the High Seas Act, 41 Stat. 537, 46 U. S. C. § 761 et seq. (hereinafter "Seas Act"), and under Louisiana...

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