MELOY v. CONOCO, INC.

No. 84-4718.

784 F.2d 1320 (1986)

Robert Earl MELOY, et al., Plaintiffs, v. CONOCO, INC., Defendant-Third Party Plaintiff-Appellant, v. OILFIELD SERVICES of CAMERON, INC., Third Party Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

March 24, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jones, Tete, Nolen, Hanchey, Swift & Spears, Gregory P. Massey, Lake Charles, La., for defendant-third party plaintiff-appellant.

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


DUPLANTIER, District Judge:

This appeal presents two issues related to the Louisiana Oilfield Indemnity Act, one of which is controlled by a recent Fifth Circuit opinion; the other appears to be res nova.

Plaintiff Robert Meloy and his wife sued Conoco, Inc., for damages they allegedly sustained as a result of Meloy's accident in June 1983 on Conoco's production platform off the Louisiana coast, asserting jurisdiction based on the Outer Continental...

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