In re: SANTA FE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION, Petitioner.
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
November 7, 2001.
November 7, 2001.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Lawrence A. Gaydos, Sharon N. Freytag, Kathleen McIntosh Beasley, Heather McDaniel Bailey, Haynes & Boone, Dallas, TX, for Petitioner.
Richard L. Melancon, Melancon, Hogue & Buzbee, Friendswood, TX, for Verdin.
Charles Aldine Hammaker, III, Gardere Wynne Sewell, Houston, TX, for R&B Falcon Drilling USA, Inc., Chiles Offshore LLC and R&B Falcon Corp.
Gerard G. Pecht, Fulbright & Jaworski, Houston, TX, for Nabors Drilling U.S.A., Inc. and Intermarine Services, Inc.
Robert Joseph Killeen, Jr., Killeen & Wheat, Houston, TX, for Parker Drilling Co., Parker Drilling Offshore USA, LLC and Parker Drilling Offshore Corp.
Thad T. Dameris, Vinson & Elkins, Houston, TX, for Pride Offshore, Inc., Pride Intern Mgt. Co., Pride Intern. Personnel Ltd. and Pride Intern Inc.
Scott D. Lassetter, Weil, Gotshal & Manges, Houston, TX, for Diamond Offshore (USA) Inc., Diamond Offshore Mgt. Co. and Diamond Offshore Drilling Inc.
Gregory S.C. Huffman, William Mayer Katz, Thompson & Knight, Dallas, TX, for Noble Drilling Corp., Noble Drilling (US) Inc., Noble Intern., Ltd., Noble Intern. Services Ltd. and Noble Enterprises, Ltd.
Marion E. McDaniel, Jr., Locke Liddell & Sapp, Houston, TX, for Global Marine Drilling Co. and Noble Enterprises, Ltd.
H. Lee Godfrey, Susman Godfrey, Houston, TX, for Marine Drilling Intern., Inc., Marine Drilling Mgt. Co. and Marine Drilling Co.
David John Plavnicky, New Orleans, LA, for Horizon Offshore Inc.
David J. Beck, Beck, Redden & Secrest, Houston, TX, for Rowan Companies, Inc., Rowandrill Inc., Rowan Intern. Inc., Rowan Petroleum Inc., Atlantic Maritime Services, Inc. and Terminator Inc.
R. Doak Bishop, King & Spalding, Houston, TX, for Ensco Offshore Co., Ensco Intern. Inc. and Ensco Inc.
Joe B. Harrison, Gardere Wynne Sewell, Dallas, TX, for R&B Falcon Drilling (Intern. & Deepwater) Inc., R&B Falcon Drilling Co., R&B Falcon Mgt. Services Inc., R&B Falcon Holdings, Inc. and Cliffs Drilling Co.
Joseph D. Cheavens, Rufus W. Oliver, III, Baker Botts, Houston, TX, for Transocean Sedco Forex Inc. (TSF), Transocean Offshore Deepwater Drilling Inc. (TODDI) and Transocean Offshore Inc.
Layne E. Kruse, Fulbright & Jaworski, Houston, TX, for Nabors Drilling Intern. Ltd., Nabors Offshore Corp. and Pool Co.
W. Garney Griggs, Strasburger & Price, Houston, TX, for Atwood Oceanics Inc.
Anthony G. Buzbee, Melancon, Hogue & Buzbee, Friendswood, TX, for Bryant and Richardson.
Before SMITH, BENAVIDES and DENNIS, Circuit Judges.
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
DENNIS, Circuit Judge:
Santa Fe International Corporation ("Santa Fe") petitions for a writ of mandamus directing the district court to vacate its order requiring Santa Fe to produce a document for discovery and rejecting Santa Fe's "common legal interest" attorney-client privilege claim.1 We deny the petition because the district court's ruling was not clearly and indisputably wrong.
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