In the Matter of the Complaint of SEDCO, INC., as Owner of the Mobil Drilling Unit Sedco 135, its Engines, Tackle, Apparel, etc., in a Cause of Exoneration from or Limitation of Liability.
United States District Court, S. D. Texas.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
March 30, 1982.
March 30, 1982.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Theodore C. Dimitry, Eugene Silva, H. S. Morgan, Harold Watson, Vinson & Elkins, Francis Spagnoletti, Houston, Tex., for Sedco, Inc., petitioner.
Ted Hirtz, B. D. Daniel, Dave Elmers, Hirtz & McDonough, Houston, Tex., for Permargo.
Finis E. Cowan, Joseph Cheavens, Baker & Botts, Thomas Matlock, Houston, Tex., for Pemex.
Joseph D. Jamail, Richard Mithoff, Jamail & Kolius, Houston, Tex., for George F. Haylock, et al.
W. James Kronzer, Kronzer, Abraham & Watkins, Houston, Tex., Rollins M. Koppel, Michael Ezell, Koppel, Ezell & Deane, Harlingen, Tex., Roger Robinson, Raymondville, Tex., Paul Cunningham, Jr., South Padre Island, Tex., for Willacy County Navigation Dist., et al.
Sidney Ravkind, Mandell & Wright, Houston, Tex., Richard C. Arroyo, Brownsville, Tex., for Troy Giles, et al.
Douglas Caroom, Ken Cross, Austin, Tex., for Mark White, etc., et al.
William Robins Brice, Royston, Rayzor, Vickery & Williams, Houston, Tex., for Exploration Loggins, S. A.
Jack Shepherd, Asst. U. S. Atty., Houston, Tex., Wells D. Burgess, Charles W. Findlay, Washington, D. C., for United States of America.
Michael R. Ezell, Koppel, Ezell & Deane, Harlingen, Tex., Jack G. Carinhas, Jr., Carinhas, Dale & Morros, Brownsville, Tex., for AHCO, Inc., et al.
Norbert John Wilcox, pro se and for Terree Ann Wilcox.
Isabel C. Pelton, interpreter.
United States District Court, S. D. Texas.
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
O'CONOR, District Judge.
Introduction
The 1979 IXTOC I well disaster in the Bay of Campeche has produced a tangle of litigation. Before the Court, at this time, is a series of jurisdictional issues which must be untangled before discovery on the merits can begin. Each of these issues has been exhaustively briefed and oral argument by the parties was heard on October 5, 1981 and on December 14-15, 1981. The Court will...
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