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GARDES DIRECTIONAL DRILLING v. U.S. TURNKEY EXPLOR.

No. 95-30963.

98 F.3d 860 (1996)

GARDES DIRECTIONAL DRILLING, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. U.S. TURNKEY EXPLORATION CO., et al., Defendants. LAJFP DRILLING, LTD., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CHEVRON USA, INC., et al., Defendants, Chevron USA, Inc., et al., Defendants-Appellees. KERR-McGEE CORP., et al., Plaintiffs, v. LAJFP DRILLING LTD., et al., Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

November 5, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Susan C. Severance, Gachassin & Hunter, Lafayette, LA, for Gardes Directional Drilling.

Bryan D. Scofield, Paul B. David, Broussard, David and Daigle, Lafayette, LA, for LAJFP Drilling Ltd.

Jennifer Lynn Davis, McGlinchey, Stafford & Lang, Houston, TX, Skipper M. Drost, Lake Charles, LA, for U.S. Turnkey Exploration Co.

Patrick Wise Gray, Kerry Michael Massari, Joseph Patrick Hebert, George Graham Arceneaux, III, Liskow & Lewis, Lafayette, LA, for defendants-appellees.

Before REYNALDO G. GARZA, DeMOSS and PARKER, Circuit Judges.

REYNALDO G. GARZA, Circuit Judge:

This appeal concerns lien rights on certain property associated with an oil drilling operation in the Gulf of Mexico. Because we find that Louisiana law applies to this controversy and that it provides for personal liability in this instance, we must reverse the district court's grant of summary judgment in favor of the appellees and remand this case for further proceedings, including a determination of the value of the lien property...

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