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GREENE'S PRESSURE TESTING v. FLOURNOY DRILL.

Nos. 96-20856, 96-20990.

113 F.3d 47 (1997)

GREENE'S PRESSURE TESTING & RENTALS, INC., Plaintiff-Appellant-Cross-Appellee, v. FLOURNOY DRILLING COMPANY; St. Paul Surplus Lines Insurance Company, Defendants-Appellees-Cross-Appellants. GREENE'S PRESSURE TESTING & RENTALS, INC., Plaintiff-Appellant-Cross-Appellee, v. FLOURNOY DRILLING COMPANY; St. Paul Surplus Lines Insurance Company, Defendants-Appellees-Cross-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied June 23, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jack Miller Murchison, George W. Renaudin, Griggs & Harrison, Houston, TX, for Greene's Pressure Testing & Rentals, Inc.

Michael Wallace Huddleston, McCauley, Macdonald & Devin, Dallas, TX, Roy Michael Northrup, Cowles & Thompson, P.C., Dallas, TX, for Flournoy Drilling Co. and St. Paul Surplus Lines Ins. Co.

Before DAVIS, SMITH and DUHÉ, Circuit Judges.

Rehearing Denied in No. 96-20856 June 23, 1997.

DUHÉ, Circuit Judge:

At issue is the enforceability of an indemnity provision in an oil and gas service contract. The district court held that under Texas law the indemnity provision is enforceable, but only up to $500,000. Both parties appealed. We hold that the indemnity provision is void because it does not conform to the requirements of Texas law, and thus we reverse.

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