COMPLAINT OF SEDCO, INC.

Civ. A. Nos. H-79-1880, H-79-1982, H-79-2157, H-79-2389, H-79-2436 and H-81-120.

610 F.Supp. 306 (1984)

In the Matter of the Complaint of SEDCO, INC. As Owner of the Mobile 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.

August 24, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Theodore C. Dimitry, Eugene Silva, H.S. Morgan, Harold Watson, Francis Spagnoletti, Vinson & Elkins, Houston, Tex., for Sedco, Inc., petitioner.

Ted Hirtz, B.D. Daniel, Dave Elmers, Hirtz & McDonough, Houston, Tex., for Permargo.

Finis E. Cowan, Joseph Cheavens, Thomas Matlock, Baker & Botts, 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.

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 Findlay, Washington, D.C., for United States of America.

Michael R. Ezell, Koppel, Ezell & Deane, Harlingen, Tex., Jack G. Carinhas, Jr., Carinhas, Dale & Morrow, Brownsville, Tex., for Ahco, Inc., et al.

Norbert John Wilcox, Dallas, Tex., for Norbert John & Terree Ann Wilcox.


MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

O'CONOR, District Judge.

Before the Court is Sedco, Inc.'s ("Sedco") Motion for Reconsideration of this Court's March 30, 1982 Interlocutory Order, 543 F.Supp. 561, dismissing Petroleos Mexicanos (Pemex) for lack of subject matter jurisdiction based on the grant of sovereign immunity provided by the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act, 28 U.S.C. § 1602 et seq. ("FSIA"). Also before the Court...

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