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AMOCO PRODUCTION CO. v. SEA ROBIN PIPELINE CO.

Nos. 86-4916, 86-4917.

844 F.2d 1202 (1988)

AMOCO PRODUCTION COMPANY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. SEA ROBIN PIPELINE COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee. PENNZOIL PRODUCING COMPANY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. SEA ROBIN PIPELINE COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

May 18, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John M. McCollam, Philip N. Asprodites, Gordon, Arata McCollam, Stuart & Duplantis, New Orleans, La., for plaintiff-appellant, Amoco Production Co.

B. Richard Moore, Jr., Ernest L. Edwards, Lemle, Kelleher, Kohlmeyer, Dennery, Hunley, Moss & Frilot, New Orleans, La., Adrian L. Steel, Jr., William H. Knull, III, Kathryn A. Oberly, H. Bruce Golden, Mayer, Brown & Platt, Houston, Tex., W. DeVier Pierson, James M. Costan, Pierson, Semmes & Finley, Washington, D.C., for defendant-appellee.

John F. Whitney, David R. Richardson, Galen S. Brown, Margaret E. Woodward, Barham & Churchill, New Orleans, La., for plaintiff-appellant, Pennzoil Producing Co.

Before BROWN, POLITZ, and JOLLY, Circuit Judges.

JOHN R. BROWN, Circuit Judge:

The underlying dispute in this case concerns take-or-pay obligations in contracts for the sale/purchase of natural gas, made between Sea Robin Pipeline Co. (Sea Robin) as purchaser, and Amoco Production Co. (Amoco) as seller. But it soon becomes a question of federal jurisdiction. Sea Robin notified Amoco that, due to several circumstances beyond its control, Sea Robin considered that a "general condition of force majeure" existed which...

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