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CARGILL, INC. v. OFFSHORE LOGISTICS, INC.

No. 79-3245. Summary Calendar.

615 F.2d 212 (1980)

CARGILL, INCORPORATED, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. OFFSHORE LOGISTICS, INC., Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

April 7, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Onebane, Donohoe, Bernard, Torian, Diaz, McNamara & Abell, Randall C. Songy, Lafayette, La., for plaintiff-appellant.

Phelps, Dunbar, Marks, Claverie & Sims, Howard Daigle, Jr., New Orleans, La., for defendant-appellee.

Before HILL, GARZA and THOMAS A. CLARK, Circuit Judges.

GARZA, Circuit Judge:

In this diversity case we are asked by the Appellant, Cargill, Inc., to rule contrary to the state law of Louisiana as previously followed by this court. This we decline to do and affirm the court below.

On November 19, 1977, a helicopter owned and operated by the Defendant and Appellee here, Offshore Logistics, Inc., struck and severed a power line owned by Central Louisiana Electric Company, Inc., hereinafter called CLECO. Appellant...

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