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LAMA DRILLING CO., INC. v. LATHAM EXPLORATION CO., INC.

No. 87-4421 Summary Calendar.

832 F.2d 1391 (1987)

LAMA DRILLING CO., INC., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. LATHAM EXPLORATION CO., INC., Defendant-Appellee. James A. LATHAM, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. LATHAM EXPLORATION CO., INC., Defendant-Appellee. HABITATION LE CLERC, INC., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. LATHAM EXPLORATION CO., INC., Defendant-Appellee. SILVERKEY DRILLING COMPANY, INC., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. LATHAM EXPLORATION CO., INC., Defendant-Appellee. LATHAM EMPLOYEES TRUST FUND, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. LATHAM EXPLORATION CO., INC., Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

December 1, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark E. Gilliam, Wilkinson, Carmody & Gilliam, Shreveport, La., for plaintiff-appellant.

James Hill, III, Donald Lee Brice, Jr., Shreveport, La., for defendant-appellee.

Before GEE, JOHNSON, and GARWOOD, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

As the district court correctly noted, in reviewing actions taken by such a court in its appellate function — actions such as the dismissal in today's case — we have announced that we affirm unless the court has clearly abused its discretion. In the Matter of Braniff Airways, Inc., 774 F.2d 1303, 1305 (5th Cir.1985). For the reasons well stated in the court's "Memorandum Ruling" filed May 11...

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