CHEVRON USA, INC. v. VERMILION PARISH SCHOOL BD.

No. 03-30602.

364 F.3d 607 (2004)

CHEVRON USA, INC., Plaintiff-Counter Defendant-Appellee, v. VERMILION PARISH SCHOOL BOARD, Defendant-Counter Claimant-Appellant. Texaco Inc.; Texaco Exploration & Production, Inc., Plaintiffs-Counter Defendants-Appellees, v. Vermilion Parish School Board, Defendant-Counter Claimant-Appellant. Amerada Hess Corp., Plaintiff-Counter Defendant-Appellee, v. Vermilion Parish School Board, Defendant-Counter Claimant-Appellant. Union Oil Company of California, Plaintiff-Counter Defendant-Appellee, v. Vermilion Parish School Board, Defendant-Counter Claimant-Appellant. Mobil Oil Corp.; Mobil Oil Exploration & Producing Southeast, Inc., Plaintiffs-Counter Defendants-Appellees, v. Vermilion Parish School Board, Defendant-Counter Claimant-Appellant. Exxon Mobil Corp., Plaintiff-Counter Defendant-Appellee, v. Marshall W. Guidry, Defendant-Counter Claimant-Appellant. Exxon Mobil Corp., Plaintiff-Counter Defendant-Appellee, v. Vermilion Parish School Board, Defendant-Counter Claimant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

March 24, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bob F. Wright, Domengeaux, Wright, Roy & Edwards, Robert Karl Hammack, Michael Van Ardoin, Lafayette, LA, Charles Sterling Lambert, Jr., Jules B. LeBlanc, III, LeBlanc & Waddell, Baton Rouge, LA, William F. Large, Hosie, Frost, Large & McArthur, Anchorage, AK, John Burritt McArthur (argued), Spencer Hosie, Hosie, Frost, Large & McArthur, San Francisco, CA, for Vermilion Parish School Bd. and Guidry.

John M. Wilson, Cheryl M. Kornick, Jonathan Andrew Hunter, Jana Louise Grauberger, Liskow & Lewis, New Orleans, LA, for Chevron USA, Inc.

Joe B. Norman, Stevia M. Walther, Liskow & Lewis, New Orleans, LA, for Texaco Inc. and Texaco Exploration and Production, Inc.

Lawrence P. Simon, Jr., Liskow & Lewis, Lafayette, LA, for Amerada Hess Corp., Union Oil Co. of California, Mobil Oil Corp. and Mobil Oil Exploration & Producing Southeast, Inc.

William Seay Strain, Thomas Chalmers McKowen, IV, Strain, Dennis, Mayhall & Bates, Baton Rouge, LA, John Mason McCollam (argued), Gordon, Arata, McCollam, Duplantis & Eagan, New Orleans, LA, Barry L. Wertz, McGinnis, Lochridge & Kilgore, Houston, TX, Howell A. Dennis, Jr., Strain, Dennis, Mayhall & Bates, Lafayette, LA, for Exxon Mobil Corp.

Before DAVIS, BARKSDALE and PRADO, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

CERTIFICATION FROM THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT TO THE SUPREME COURT OF LOUISIANA, PURSUANT TO RULE XII OF THE RULES OF THE SUPREME COURT OF LOUISIANA.

TO THE SUPREME COURT OF LOUISIANA AND THE HONORABLE JUSTICES THEREOF:

I. STYLE OF THE CASE

The style of the cases in which certification is made is Chevron U.S.A., Inc., Plaintiff-Counter Defendant-Appellee, versus Vermilion Parish School Board, Defendant...

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