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

No. 29157.

447 F.2d 1041 (1971)

CONTINENTAL CASUALTY COMPANY et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants-Cross Appellees, v. ASSOCIATED PIPE & SUPPLY CO., Inc., et al., Defendants, Thomas Jordan, Inc., Defendant-Appellee-Cross Appellant. TEXACO, INC., Plaintiff-Appellee-Cross Appellant, v. ASSOCIATED PIPE & SUPPLY CO., Inc., et al., Defendants, Thomas Jordan, Inc., Defendant-Appellant-Cross Appellee. UNITED TUGS, INC., Plaintiff-Appellant-Cross Appellee, v. CONTINENTAL CASUALTY COMPANY et al., Defendants-Appellees-Cross Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied October 18, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lawrence K. Benson, Jr., Milling, Saal, Benson, Woodward & Hillyer, New Orleans, La., for Associated Pipe and Supply Co., Inc., and Thomas Jordan, Inc.

A. Morgan Brian, Jr., Deutsch, Kerrigan & Stiles, New Orleans, La., for appellants; R. Emmett Kerrigan, Wiley G. Lastrapes, Daniel P. Hurley, New Orleans, La., of counsel.

Peter H. Beer, Daniel P. Hurley, Wiley G. Lestrapes, Richard Jurisich, E. Howard McCaleb, John M. Page, J. William Vaudry, Jr., New Orleans, La., Warren Rush, Bean & Bush, Lafayette, La., Joseph E. Friend, Emile Turner, New Orleans, La., Edward T. Diaz, Golden Meadow, La., Charles J. Hanemann, Jr., of O'Neal, Waitz & Henderson, Houma, La., A. D. Freeman, Robert E. Winn, Cicero C. Sessions, Richard L. Bodet, Walter M. Babst, New Orleans, La., for appellees.

Before RIVES, AINSWORTH and MORGAN, Circuit Judges.


RIVES, Circuit Judge:

This case comes to the federal courts by virtue of the federal jurisdiction over the outer continental shelf. Just under a decade ago, Texaco, Inc. (Texaco) entered into a contract with Offshore Gathering Corporation (Offshore) calling for Offshore to construct a pipeline to a Texaco oil and gas field off the coast of Louisiana. Offshore completed the construction and it was accepted by Texaco May 28, 1962.

Unfortunately, Offshore left...

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