BONNETTE v. SHELL OFFSHORE, INC.

Civ. No. B-92-085.

838 F.Supp. 1175 (1993)

David J. BONNETTE and wife, Leslie G. Bonnette, Henry Brumfield, Joel Thompson and wife, Janet Franzine Thompson, Ottis L. Robbins and wife, Kathy Ann Robbins, Plaintiffs, v. SHELL OFFSHORE, INC., Shell Oil Company, Whittaker Corporation, Survival Systems Division, and Juan M. Porras, Defendants.

United States District Court, S.D. Texas, Brownsville Division.

November 30, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas M. Discon, Discon Law Firm, Metairie, LA, Vincent J. DiSalvo, Baton Rouge, LA, William Denton, Biloxi, MS, for plaintiffs.

James Daigle, Lemle & Kelleher, New Orleans, LA, Melchor Chavez, Brownsville, TX, for intervenor-plaintiff Odeco Oil & Gas Co.

Eduardo Roberto Rodriguez, Marjory C. Batsell, Rodriguez, Colvin & Chaney, Brownsville, TX, for defendants Shell Offshore, Inc., and Shell Oil Company.

Jack Lee Allbritton, Fulbright & Jaworski, Houston, TX, for defendant Whittaker Corporation.

Guy Allison, Allison & Huerta, Corpus Christi, TX, Dana Allison Lester, Brownsville, TX, for defendant/cross-plaintiff Juan M. Porras.


MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

BLACK, United States Magistrate Judge.

This case was assigned to United States Magistrate Judge John Wm. Black by the Honorable Filemon B. Vela, United States District Judge, pursuant to authority granted by 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(A).

There is pending before the Court Plaintiffs' Motion to Remand. This Motion presents the Court with the task of attempting to draw a line between the jurisdiction of general maritime...

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