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DELTA MARINE DRILLING COMPANY v. M/V BAROID RANGER

No. 71-2166. Summary Calendar.

454 F.2d 128 (1972)

DELTA MARINE DRILLING COMPANY, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. M/V BAROID RANGER, in rem, and National Lead Company (Baroid Division), in personam, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

January 19, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Y. Gilmore, Jr., Faris, Ellis, Cutrone, Gilmore & Lautenschlaeger, New Orleans, La., for defendants-appellants.

Charles M. Steen, New Orleans, La., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before GEWIN, GOLDBERG and DYER, Circuit Judges.

GEWIN, Circuit Judge:

On December 7, 1966, the drill barge Chris Zeppa (Zeppa) owned and operated by the Delta Marine Drilling Company (Delta Marine), appellee, was performing drilling operations in the Gulf of Mexico for Chevron Oil Company pursuant to a written contract. In the early morning of that day the M/V Baroid Ranger (Ranger) owned by Baroid Division of National Lead Company (Baroid), appellant, came alongside the Zeppa to discharge drilling mud. While efforts...

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