STARTEX DRILLING CO., INC. v. SOHIO PETROLEUM CO.

No. 81-1416.

680 F.2d 412 (1982)

STARTEX DRILLING COMPANY, INC., Plaintiff-Appellee, v. SOHIO PETROLEUM COMPANY, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied August 24, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. B. Browder, Jr., Andrew L. Kerr, Midland, Tex., Richard F. Remmers, Oklahoma City, Okl., for defendant-appellant.

Rassman, Gunter & Boldrick, James P. Boldrick, Midland, Tex., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before CLARK, Chief Judge, POLITZ and RANDALL, Circuit Judges.


CLARK, Chief Judge:

This contract dispute was filed under this court's diversity jurisdiction by an independent drilling contractor, Startex Drilling Company (Startex) against an operator of oil wells, Sohio Petroleum Company (Sohio). Based on the jury's answers to special interrogatories, the district court entered judgment for Startex. We affirm.

Startex agreed to drill two wells for Sohio in Midland County, Texas...

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