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MICHIGAN WISCONSIN PIPELINE CO. v. WILLIAMS-McWILLIAMS

No. 75-1593.

551 F.2d 945 (1977)

MICHIGAN WISCONSIN PIPELINE COMPANY, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. WILLIAMS-McWILLIAMS COMPANY, in personam, et al., Defendants-Third-Party Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. UNITED STATES of America, et al., Third-Party Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied June 1, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brunswick G. Deutsch, Overton T. Harrington, Jr., New Orleans, La., for Williams-McWilliams Co.

Donald L. King, Edward J. Koehl, Jr., New Orleans, La., for Michigan-Wisconsin Pipeline Co.

William Kanter, Allen H. Sachsel, Michael Kimmel, Appellate Section, Civil Section, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., Gerald J. Gallinghouse, U. S. Atty., New Orleans, La., for U. S.

Edward J. Rice, Jr., New Orleans, La., for Offshore Raydist, Inc.

Before BROWN, Chief Judge, AINSWORTH, Circuit Judge, and JAMESON, District Judge.

AINSWORTH, Circuit Judge:

This maritime cause of action arose when appellant Williams-McWilliams Company, dredging under government contract in Atchafalaya Bay, encountered and damaged a natural gas pipeline belonging to appellee Michigan Wisconsin Pipeline Company. Michigan Wisconsin brought this suit against Williams-McWilliams seeking damages for injury to the pipeline. Williams-McWilliams contends that liability should...

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