TEMPLE DRILLING CO. v. LOUISIANA INS. GUAR. ASS'N

No. 90-4458.

946 F.2d 390 (1991)

TEMPLE DRILLING CO., et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. LOUISIANA INSURANCE GUARANTY ASSOCIATION, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

October 23, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas E. Balhoff, Mathews, Atkinson, Guglielmo, Marks & Day, Baton Rouge, La., for defendant-appellant.

D.C. Panagiotis, Edwin G. Preis, Jr., Preis, Kraft, Laborde & Diagle, Lafayette, La., for plaintiffs-appellees.

Before KING and JONES, Circuit Judges.


KING, Circuit Judge:

The Louisiana Insurance Guaranty Association ("LIGA") appeals from a judgment by the district court in favor of Temple Drilling Company ("Temple Drilling") in the amount of $332,772.10, as indemnification for amounts paid by Temple Drilling to injured seamen when its insurer became insolvent. Finding that the district court did not have subject matter jurisdiction over this action, we vacate the judgment of the district court.

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