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SANDEFER OIL & GAS, INC. v. AIG OIL RIG OF TEXAS, INC.

No. 87-4491.

846 F.2d 319 (1988)

SANDEFER OIL & GAS, INC., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. AIG OIL RIG OF TEXAS INC., et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

June 6, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard L. Lagarde, Fisher, Gallagher, Perrin & Lewis, Houston, Tex., for plaintiff-appellant.

Harold K. Watson, Jane Militello, Liddell, Sapp & Zivley, Houston, Tex., for defendants-appellees.

Before WISDOM, REAVLEY, and JOLLY, Circuit Judges.

WISDOM, Circuit Judge:

This appeal presents a choice of law question: is the interpretation of certain insurance contract notice provisions governed by Louisiana law or Texas law? The district court held that Texas law applied, and the court granted the defendants' motion for summary judgment because the plaintiff-insured, under Texas law, failed to give the defendants reasonably prompt notice of its losses. We apply Louisiana choice of law principles and Texas insurance...

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