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MARATHON PIPE LINE v. DRILLING RIG ROWAN/ODESSA

Civ. A. No. 79-403.

527 F.Supp. 824 (1981)

MARATHON PIPE LINE COMPANY v. DRILLING RIG ROWAN/ODESSA, et al.

United States District Court, E. D. Louisiana,

November 30, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Henry J. Read, Trial Atty., A. Gordon Grant, Jr., Montgomery, Barnett, Brown & Read, New Orleans, La., for plaintiff.

Alan A. Zaunbrecher, James E. Blazek, Adams & Reese, E. A. Carrere, Jr., James E. Wright, III, Jones, Walker, Poitevent, Carrere, Denegre, New Orleans, La., for Rowan Companies.

George W. Healy, III, Richard N. Dicharry, Phelps, Dunbar, Marks, Claverie & Sims, New Orleans, La., for Twenty Grand & Tidewater.

John W. Waters, Jr., P. A. Bienvenu, Hugh M. Glenn, Jr. Bienvenu, Foster, Ryan & O'Bannon, New Orleans, La., for Sun Oil & Sun Gas.

Charles M. Steen, Trial Atty., Robert W. Booksh, Jr., Liskow & Lewis, New Orleans, La., for J. Chance.

OPINION

ARCENEAUX, District Judge.

Plaintiff, Marathon Pipe Line Company ("Marathon"), owner of an eight-inch oil pipeline installed on the floor of the Gulf of Mexico, has brought this suit in admiralty seeking compensation for damage sustained by a portion of the pipeline on August 5, 1978. Defendants are the Drilling Rig ROWAN ODESSA ("ROWAN ODESSA"), in rem, and its owner, Rowan Companies, Inc. ("Rowan"), the Tugs EL ZORRO GRANDE ("EL ZORRO")...

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