COASTAL PETROLEUM CO. v. U.S.S. AGRI-CHEMICALS

Nos. 81-6083, 81-6094, 81-6153 and 81-6154.

695 F.2d 1314 (1983)

COASTAL PETROLEUM COMPANY, a Florida Corporation, and The United States Army Corps of Engineers, The State of Florida Department of Natural Resources and the Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund of the State of Florida, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. U.S.S. AGRI-CHEMICALS, A DIVISION OF UNITED STATES STEEL CORPORATION, a Delaware Corporation authorized to do business in Florida, Defendant-Appellant. COASTAL PETROLEUM COMPANY and The State of Florida Department of Natural Resources and the Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Fund of the State of Florida, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. INTERNATIONAL MINERALS & CHEMICAL CORPORATION, Defendant-Appellant. COASTAL PETROLEUM COMPANY, a Florida Corporation, Plaintiff-Appellee, The State of Florida, Department of Natural Resources, etc., et al., Involuntary Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. W.R. GRACE & COMPANY, Defendant-Appellant. COASTAL PETROLEUM COMPANY, a Florida Corporation, Plaintiff-Appellee, The State of Florida, Department of Natural Resources, Involuntary Plaintiffs, v. SWIFT AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS CORP., a Delaware corporation, authorized to do business in Florida, now Estech General Chemicals Corporation, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

January 17, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Julian Clarkson, Tallahassee, Fla., for defendants-appellants.

James R. Hubbard, Miami, Fla., for State of Fla.

C. Dean Reasoner, Washington, D.C., Robert J. Angerer, William J. Peebles, Joseph C. Jacobs, Tallahassee, Fla., for Coastal.

Before HILL and HENDERSON, Circuit Judges, and GARZA, Senior Circuit Judge.


JAMES C. HILL, Circuit Judge:

This is a consolidated appeal of four cases. Defendants are appealing the propriety of an injunction issued by the district court, and that court's conclusion that subject matter jurisdiction existed. For the reasons stated below we reverse.

HISTORY

The basis of this case is a title dispute involving a complex procedural history which we will only briefly summarize. In 1976...

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