COUVILLION v. NICKLOS OIL & GAS CO.

Civ. A. No. 86-4981.

671 F.Supp. 446 (1987)

Albert G. COUVILLION v. NICKLOS OIL & GAS CO., et al.

United States District Court, E.D. Louisiana.

October 6, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jacob Taranto, III, Wiedemann & Fransen, A. Remy Fransen, Jr., New Orleans, La., for Albert G. Couvillion.

Allen, Gooch, Bourgeois Breaux, Robison & Theunissen, Randall K. Theunissen, Lafayette, La., for Union Oil Co. of California.

Burke & Mayer, James O.M. Womack, New Orleans, La., Ross, Griggs & Harrison, H. Lee Lewis, Jr., Houston, Tex., for First Horizon Ins. Co.


ORDER AND REASONS

FELDMAN, District Judge.

Before this Court is a Motion for Summary Judgment submitted by defendant, Nicholas Collwyn Sturge, Nominee and Representative of Certain Underwriters at Lloyd's, London. The question presented focuses again on when a state law applies to OCSLA; one which often perplexes federal courts; one for which no bright line has yet been drawn. This Motion for Summary Judgment is GRANTED.

Plaintiff, Albert G. Couvillion...

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