TANGUIS v. M/V WESTCHESTER

No. CIV.A. 01-449.

153 F.Supp.2d 859 (2001)

Alicia TANGUIS, et al. v. M/V WESTCHESTER, et al.

United States District Court, E.D. Louisiana.

April 12, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lawrence Anthony Arcell, Barker, Boudreaux, Lamy & Foley, New Orleans, LA, David Michael Hufft, Pivach & Pivach, Belle Chasse, LA, Patrick Hillary Hufft, Law Offices of Fred Gisevius, New Orleans, LA, Richard J. Arsenault, Nablett, Beard & Arsenault, Alexandria, LA, Richard J. Dodson, Law Office of Richard J. Dodson, Baton Rouge, LA, Val Patrick Exnicios, Liska, Exnicios & Nungesser, New Orleans, LA, Raul R. Bencomo, Bencomo & Associates, New Orleans, LA, Alan J. Abadie, Alan J. Abadie, Attorney at Law, Chalmette, LA, Rebecca Cunard, Cunard Reis Law Firm, Baton Rouge, LA, Henry T. Dart, Henry Dart, Attorneys at Law, Covington, LA, Philip Francis Cossich, Jr., Cossich, Martin, Sumich & Parsiola, Belle Chasse, LA, Gladstone N. Jones, III, Kevin Earl Huddell, Smith, Jones & Fawer, New Orleans, LA, Walter C. Dumas, Dumas & Associates Law Corporation, Baton Rouge, LA, Henry Price Mounger, III, Gauthier, Downing, LaBarre, Beiser & Dean, Metairie, LA, Daniel E. Becnel, Jr., Law Offices of Daniel E. Becnel, Jr., Reserve, LA, for plaintiffs.

Charles Felician Lozes, Laurence R. DeBuys, IV, Terriberry, Carroll & Yancey, New Orleans, LA, Peter Ashton Barbee, Barbee & Associates, LLC, New Orleans, LA, Robert Burns Fisher, Jr., Thomas Deming Forbes, Chaffe, McCall, Phillips, Toler & Sarpy, LLP, New Orleans, LA, for defendants.


ORDER AND REASONS

CLEMENT, District Judge.

Before the Court is Plaintiffs Alicia Tanguis, et al.'s Motion to Remand. For the following reasons, the Motion is DENIED.

A. BACKGROUND

This case involves an oil spill in the Mississippi River in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, on November 28, 2000. On December 1, 2000, just a few days following the spill, a group of plaintiffs with fishing and oyster interests in the affected area...

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