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SAIA v. CITY OF MEMPHIS LIGHT, GAS, ETC.

Civ. A. No. 79-403-B.

508 F.Supp. 206 (1981)

Frank "Tickie" SAIA v. CITY OF MEMPHIS LIGHT, GAS & WATER DIVISION, INC., A Division of the City of Memphis, Tennessee et al.

United States District Court, M. D. Louisiana.

February 5, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bobby L. Forrest, Forrest, Kiefer & Bacot, Baton Rouge, La., for plaintiff.

Frank J. Gremillion, Baton Rouge, La., Frierson M. Graves, Jr., Memphis, Tenn., for City of Memphis, Light, Gas & Water Division, Inc.

John M. Wilson, Larry M. Roedel, Liskow & Lewis, New Orleans, La., Patricia L. Dunmire, Hall, Estill, Hardwick, Gable, Collingsworth & Nelson, P. C., Tulsa, Okl., for Williams Exploration Co.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

JOHN V. PARKER, Chief Judge.

This is a diversity suit arising out of the sale and purchase of various mineral interests in a north Louisiana gas field known as the "Bayou Galion Field." The primary legal issue involves application of Louisiana's parol evidence rule. It is well settled that in a diversity action a federal court is bound to apply the parol evidence rule of the state in which...

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