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BONNER v. CHEVRON U.S.A.

No. 81-4271 Summary Calendar.

668 F.2d 817 (1982)

Homer BONNER, Jr., (Tony Bonner, Executor of the Estate of Homer Bonner, substituted in place and stead of Homer Bonner, Jr.) Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CHEVRON U.S.A., Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

February 22, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Camilo K. Salas, III, New Orleans, La., Maurice Dantin, Columbia, Miss., for amicus curiae Jack B. McIntosh.

John L. Low, IV, Jackson, Miss., for defendant-appellee.

Before BROWN, POLITZ and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.

POLITZ, Circuit Judge:

On April 2, 1976, Homer Bonner, Jr., was injured while working on a fixed drilling platform, owned by Chevron, U.S.A., Inc., located off the coast of Louisiana. On December 1, 1980, Bonner filed suit against Chevron invoking the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (Lands Act), 43 U.S.C. §§ 1331-56. Chevron moved for dismissal on the ground that the suit was not timely filed because Louisiana's one year statute of limitations was applicable...

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