MITSUBISHI INTERN. CORP. v. CLARK PIPE AND SUPPLY

No. 83-3326.

735 F.2d 160 (1984)

MITSUBISHI INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. CLARK PIPE AND SUPPLY COMPANY, INC., Defendant, Associates Commercial Corporation, Intervenor-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

June 28, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Monroe & Lemann, Richard W. Bussoff, New Orleans, La., for intervenor-appellant.

Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carrere & Denegre, R. Patrick Vance, Andrew A. Braun, New Orleans, La., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before THORNBERRY, WILLIAMS and GARWOOD, Circuit Judges.


JERRE S. WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge:

Associates Commercial Corporation appeals from a district court judgment holding that under Louisiana law Mitsubishi International Corporation has a valid vendor's privilege on steel pipe sold to Clark Pipe & Supply Co., and that Mitsubishi's privilege primes Associates's chattel mortgage on the same pipe. We affirm the holding of the district court.

I. FACTS

Clark Pipe & Supply Co. was in the business of...

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