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SMITH v. ANADRILL, INC.

Civ. A. No. G-91-38.

762 F.Supp. 1267 (1991)

George SMITH, Individually and as Independent Administrator of the Estate of Lonnie Eugene Smith, Deceased, and Polly Smith, Mother of the Deceased v. ANADRILL, INC., Reading & Bates Corp., Union Oil Company of California, Union Exploration Partners Ltd., Marathon Mfg. Company, Marathon Letourneau Company.

United States District Court, S.D. Texas, Galveston Division.

April 24, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James B. McIver, Law Office of Harry C. Arthur, Houston, Tex., for plaintiffs.

Randall W. Wilson, Eric J. Mayer, Susman & Godfrey, Houston, Tex., for defendants.

John R. Pearson, James Cooper, Sewell & Riggs, Houston, Tex., for Reading & Bates Corp., Union Oil Co. of California and Union Exploration Partners Ltd.

Ross Citti, Mark Kelley, Mills, Shirley, Eckel & Bassett, Galveston, Tex., for Anadrill, Inc.

ORDER

HUGH GIBSON, District Judge.

Before the Court is defendants Union Oil Company of California and Reading & Bates Corp.'s Motion for Reconsideration of this Court's March 22, 1991 order remanding this case to the state court. 761 F.Supp. 456.

Defendants assert that 28 U.S.C. § 1445(a) prohibits removal of any "civil action" by a seaman under the Jones Act,1 and therefore...

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