DUHON v. KOCH EXPLORATION CO.

Civ. A. Nos. 83-2379, 83-3275 and 85-2070.

628 F.Supp. 925 (1986)

Wayne DUHON and George Duhon v. KOCH EXPLORATION CO., et al. Curtis J. PRICE v. KOCH EXPLORATION CO., et al. Timothy J. FRUGE v. KOCH EXPLORATION CO., et al.

United States District Court, W.D. Louisiana, Lake Charles Division.

February 24, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Aubrey E. Denton, Shelton & Legendre, Lafayette, La., for plaintiffs Wayne and George Duhon.

William B. Baggett and Robert C. McCall, Baggett, McCall & Ranier, Lake Charles, La., for Curtis J. Price.

Richard W. Beard, Neblett, Beard & Arsenault, Alexandria, La., for Timothy J. Fruge.

Robert W. Booksh, Jr. and David W. Leefe, Liskow & Lewis, New Orleans, La., for defendants Koch Exploration and Koch Industries, Inc.

James R. Nieset, Plauche, Smith & Nieset, Lake Charles, La., for Weaver Exploration Co.

Ellis J. Daigle, Ardoin & Daigle, Eunice, La., for intervenor First Acadiana Bank.


RULING

VERON, District Judge.

This matter comes before the Court upon the motion of defendants, Koch Exploration Company and Koch Industries, Inc., to strike the jury demand of plaintiffs, Curtis J. Price and Timothy Fruge in this consolidated action. The motion gives rise to several considerations due to the hybrid nature of this consolidated action under the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, which embody the 1966 merger of the civil and admiralty rules...

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