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GULF OIL CORPORATION v. TUG GULF EXPLORER

Civ. A. No. 69-1533.

337 F.Supp. 709 (1971)

GULF OIL CORPORATION and Brown & Root, Inc. v. The TUG GULF EXPLORER et al.

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

December 13, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert B. Acomb, Jr., of Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carrere & Denegre, New Orleans, La., and Robert Eikel, of Eikel & Goller, Houston, Tex., for plaintiffs.

George A. Frilot, III, and E. Jack Green, Jr., of Lemle, Kelleher, Kohlmeyer, Matthews & Schumacher, New Orleans, La., for defendants.

MITCHELL, District Judge.

Gulf Oil Corporation, the owner of an 18-inch pipeline in the Gulf of Mexico, and Brown & Root, Inc., the owner and operator of the Derrick Barge FOSTER PARKER, which had been engaged in platform construction work for Gulf Oil Corporation, brought this suit for damages occasioned by the rupture of the pipeline.

The plaintiffs jointly sued Gulf Mississippi Marine Corporation, in personam, and its Tug GULF EXPLORER, in...

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