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ROWAN COMPANIES, INC. v. GRIFFIN

No. 88-3291.

876 F.2d 26 (1989)

ROWAN COMPANIES, INC., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Huey P. GRIFFIN, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied July 31, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Elton F. Duncan, and Lawrence E. Abbott, New Orleans, La., for plaintiff-appellant.

David J. Shea, and Michael X. St. Martin, Houma, La., for defendant-appellee.

Before POLITZ and JOLLY, Circuit Judges, and HUNTER, District Judge.

POLITZ, Circuit Judge:

Rowan Companies, Inc. appeals the dismissal of its suit for a declaratory judgment. Concluding that Rowan's suit against one of its employees, Huey P. Griffin, presents an actual controversy that is justiciable under the Declaratory Judgment Act, 28 U.S.C. § 2201, we reverse and remand.

Background

For purposes of this appeal the following facts are taken as true. On June 10, 1987 Griffin sustained a back injury...

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