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SEDCO v. PETROLEOS MEXICANOS MEXICAN NAT. OIL CO.

No. 84-2512.

767 F.2d 1140 (1985)

In The Matter of the Complaint of SEDCO, INC., as owner of the MOBILE DRILLING UNIT SEDCO 135, its engines, tackle, apparel, etc., in the cause of Exoneration from or limitation of Liability, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. PETROLEOS MEXICANOS MEXICAN NATIONAL OIL CO., (PEMEX), Defendant, Performaciones Marinas Del Golfo, S.A. (Permargo), Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

August 12, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hirtz & McDonough, Ted Hirtz, Lawrence A. Lynn, Houston, Tex., Michael Marks Cohen, New York City, for Perforaciones Marinas Del Golfo, S.A.

Vinson & Elkins, Theodore G. Dimitry, Henry S. Morgan, Jr., Houston, Tex., Jim Mattox, Atty. Gen., Austin, Tex., Crady & Peden, Douglas S. Johnston, Houston, for plaintiff-appellee.

Daniel K. Hedges, U.S. Atty., Houston, Tex., Wells D. Burgess, Atty. Gen. Litigation Section, Washington, D.C., for U.S.A. — other interested party.

Before BROWN, POLITZ and JOLLY, Circuit Judges.

JOHN R. BROWN, Circuit Judge:

Before us is an appeal from the district court's order, 610 F.Supp. 306, refusing to order arbitration in a major lawsuit flowing out of the world's largest oil spill.1 Presently plaguing the long suffering mariners on their litigious voyage is an historically hatched rule of admiralty which often rears its head like a leviathan...

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