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MARINE DESIGN, INC. v. ZIGLER SHIPYARDS

No. 85-4134.

791 F.2d 375 (1986)

MARINE DESIGN, INC., Plaintiff-Appellee, v. ZIGLER SHIPYARDS, A DIVISION OF LEEVAC CORPORATION, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

June 9, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Henry S. Provosty, James G. Burke, Jr., Daniel E. Knowles, New Orleans, La., for defendant-appellant.

Charles B. Johnson, New Orleans, La., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before POLITZ, HIGGINBOTHAM, and JONES, Circuit Judges.

POLITZ, Circuit Judge:

Zigler Shipyards, a division of Leevac Corporation, appeals a judgment rendered after a bench trial in this Louisiana diversity suit, awarding Marine Design, Inc. quasi-contract and quantum meruit damages of $60,000. We affirm.

BACKGROUND

In December 1978 Zigler entered into an agreement with Poling Brothers Transportation Corporation for the construction of an 80,000-barrel tank-barge at Zigler's shipyard in Jennings...

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