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PUBLICKER CHEMICAL CORP. v. BELCHER OIL CO.

No. 85-3356.

792 F.2d 482 (1986)

PUBLICKER CHEMICAL CORP., Plaintiff-Appellee, Liquid Specialists, Inc., Intervenor-Appellee, v. BELCHER OIL COMPANY, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

June 18, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dermot S. McGlinchey, B. Franklin Martin, III, J. Forrest Hinton, New Orleans, La., for defendant-appellant.

Roy C. Cheatwood, Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carrere & Denegre, Nancy Scott Degan, New Orleans, La., for Publicker.

Jerry A. Brown, Monroe & Lemann, New Orleans, La., for Liquid Specialists.

Before: WISDOM, RUBIN, and HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judges.

OPINION

WISDOM, Circuit Judge:

The Louisiana law of obligations governs this diversity action for breach of contract. Belcher Oil Company seized upon a dispute over $5,000 as a means of escaping an undesirable $5 million contract with Publicker Chemical Corporation. The district court entered judgment against Belcher. We affirm.

I.

Publicker owns petroleum storage facilities in Gretna, Louisiana. In January 1982 Publicker agreed to store...

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