MARATHON OIL COMPANY, Marathon International Oil Company, and Marathon Petroleum Norge A/S, Plaintiffs-Appellants/Cross-Appellees,
v.
A.G. RUHRGAS, Defendant-Appellee/Cross-Appellant.
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
June 22, 1998.
June 22, 1998.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Clifton T. Hutchinson, J. Gregory Taylor, David John Schenck, Hughes & Luce, Dallas, TX, for Plaintiffs-Appellants-Cross-Appellees.
Ben H. Sheppard, Jr., Guy Stanford Lipe, Michael John Mucchetti, Harry M. Reasoner, Vinson & Elkins, Houston, TX, Charles Alan Wright, University of Texas Law School, Austin, TX, for Ruhrgas.
Peter Heidenberger, Thomas G. Corcoran, Jr., Berliner, Corcoran & Rowe, Washington, DC, for Federal Republic of Germany, Amicus Curiae.
Ralph S. Hubbard, III, Celeste Virginia Darmstadter, Lugenbuhl, Burke, Wheaton, Peck, Rankin & Hubbard, New Orleans, LA, James Elmer Rocap, III, Scott Lawrence Nelson, Miller, Cassidy, Larroca & Lewin, Washington, DC, Michael W. Adley, Judice & Adley, Lafayette, LA, Kimball Ann Lane, Christine M. Megna, Mitchell L. Lathrop, Julie Beth Holden, Luce, Forward, Hamilton & Scripts, New York City, Lynette Norton, Alan S. Miller, Picadio, McCall, Kane & Norton, Pittsburgh, PA, for Certain Insurer Defendants in Louisiana Tobacco Litigation.
Edward F. Sherman, Luther L. McDougal, Appellate Advocacy Program Tulane Law School, New Orleans, LA, R. Lea Brilmayer, Ruth Wedgwood, New Haven CT, Thomas Carbonneau, Tulane Law Clinic, New Orleans, LA, Siegfried Wiessner, St. Thomas University School of Law, Miami, FL, Hans Smit, Columbia University School of Law, New York City, Harold Maier, Vanderbilt University School of Law, Nashville, TN, for Law Professors Concerned with Intern. Arbitration, Amicus Curiae.
Jesse R. Adams, Jr., Jesse Roland Adams, III, Adams & Johnston, New Orleans, LA, for International Group of P&I Clubs, Amicus Curiae.
Anthony J. Mormino, Debra J. Hall, Washington, DC, for Reinsurance Ass'n of America, Amicus Curiae.
Before POLITZ, Chief Judge, and KING, JOLLY, HIGGINBOTHAM, DAVIS, JONES, SMITH, DUHÉ, WIENER, BARKSDALE, EMILIO M. GARZA, DeMOSS, BENAVIDES, STEWART, PARKER and DENNIS, Circuit Judges.
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
JERRY E. SMITH, Circuit Judge:
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