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POIRRIER v. NICKLOS DRILLING CO.

No. 80-4004 Summary Calendar.

648 F.2d 1063 (1981)

Wilsey POIRRIER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. NICKLOS DRILLING COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Unit A.

June 26, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William P. Rutledge, Lafayette, La., for plaintiff-appellant.

Kent Westmoreland, Houston, Tex., for defendant-appellee.

Before BROWN, POLITZ and TATE, Circuit Judges.

TATE, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiff Poirrier places a single issue before this court for resolution: Whether a maritime personal injury action, commenced in state court under the "saving to suitors" clause of 28 U.S.C. § 1333,1 can be removed to federal court on grounds of diversity of citizenship.

Poirrier was injured on an inland submersible drilling barge on the Atchafalaya River in Louisiana. Alleging the negligence of bargeowner...

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