UNION CITY BARGE LINE, INC. v. UNION CARBIDE CORP.

No. 85-2878.

823 F.2d 129 (1987)

UNION CITY BARGE LINE, INC. and Union City Fuel Company, Inc., Plaintiff-Appellants, v. UNION CARBIDE CORPORATION, E.W. Saybolt & Company, Inc. and Gulf Coast Petroleum Products, Inc., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

August 3, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ronald Cohen, Montclair, N.J., for Union City Barge Line & Union City Fuel Co.

Thomas F. Ryan, Thomas K. Cauley, Jr., Chicago, Ill., Thad Grundy, Houston, Tex., Carl A. Parker, Port Arthur, Tex., Sidley & Austin, Chicago, Ill., for Union Carbide.

Richard Frankel, Justin M. Campbell, III, Michael M. Wilson, Houston, Tex., for E.W. Saybolt.

Richard A. Goins, New Orleans, La., Bracewell & Patterson, J. Clifford Gunter, III, Carrin F. Patman, Houston, Tex., for Gulf Coast, Guidry & Nutter.

Mitchell R. Berger, Washington, D.C., Joe H. Reynolds, Houston, Tex., for Channel Fueling.

Before BROWN, RUBIN and GARWOOD, Circuit Judges.


JOHN R. BROWN, Circuit Judge:

In the Beginning

Plaintiff-appellants Union City Barge Line (Union Barge) and Union City Fuel Company (Union Fuel) (collectively "Union City") appeal three motions for summary judgment entered against them. Union City complains primarily that it was unfairly "stonewalled" in its attempts to conduct discovery. This may be an accurate description of the pre-trial proceedings. Nevertheless, Union City's alleged injuries...

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