DOUCET v. GULF OIL CORP.

Nos. 83-3711, 84-3434 and 84-3612.

788 F.2d 250 (1986)

Richard Joseph DOUCET, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. GULF OIL CORPORATION, Defendant-Appellee. Richard Joseph DOUCET, Plaintiff, v. GULF OIL CORPORATION, Defendant-Third Party Plaintiff-Appellee, v. DANOS & CUROLE MARINE CONTRACTORS, INC., Third Party Defendant-Appellant, Richard Joseph DOUCET, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. GULF OIL CORPORATION, Defendant-Third Party Plaintiff-Appellee Cross-Appellant, v. DANOS & CUROLE MARINE CONTRACTORS, INC., Third Party Defendant-Appellant Cross-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

April 25, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kevin A. Galatas, New Orleans, La., Joshua A. Tilton, Baton Rouge, La., for plaintiff-appellant and amicus Tenneco.

Grady S. Hurley, Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carrere & Denegre, Robert M. Contois, New Orleans, La., for Gulf Oil Corp.

Guy E. Wall, New Orleans, La., for amicus-Tenneco.

Joseph A. Reilly, Jr., Henderson, Hanemann & Morris, J. Mark Graham, Houma, La., for Danos & Curole Marine Contractors, Inc.

Kevin A. Galatas, New Orleans, La., Joshua A. Tilton, Baton Rouge, La., for amicus-Tenneco in 84-3612.

Before RUBIN and REAVLEY, Circuit Judges, and POLOZOLA, District Judge.


ON PETITION FOR REHEARING

(Opinion February 20, 1986, 5th Cir.1986, 783 F.2d 518)

PER CURIAM:

All of the parties agree that Louisiana's Oilfield Indemnity Act1 cannot be applied if it is inconsistent with the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act2 or "other Federal laws and regulations of the Secretary" of the Interior.3 In its application...

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