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IN RE DEEPWATER HORIZON

No. 12-30230.

728 F.3d 491 (2013)

In re DEEPWATER HORIZON. Ranger Insurance, Limited, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Transocean Offshore Deepwater Drilling, Incorporated; Transocean Holdings, L.L.C.; Transocean Deepwater, Incorporated; Triton Asset Leasing GMBH, Intervenor Plaintiffs-Appellees v. BP P.L.C.; BP Exploration & Production, Incorporated; BP American Production Company; BP Corporation North America, Incorporated; BP Company North America, Incorporated; BP Products North America, Incorporated; BP America, Incorporated; BP Holdings North America, Limited, Defendants-Intervenor Defendants-Appellants. Certain Underwriters at Lloyd's London, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Transocean Offshore Deepwater Drilling, Incorporated; Transocean Holdings, L.L.C.; Transocean Deepwater, Incorporated; Triton Asset Leasing GMBH, Intervenor Plaintiffs-Appellees v. BP P.L.C.; BP Exploration & Production, Incorporated; BP American Production Company; BP Corporation North America, Incorporated; BP Company North America, Incorporated; BP Products North America, Incorporated; BP America, Incorporated; BP Holdings North America, Limited, Defendants-Intervenor Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

August 29, 2013.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael John Maloney , Maloney, Martin & Associates, David Wallace Holman, Esq. , Holman Law Firm, P.C., Byron Charles Keeling , Keeling & Downes, P.C., Houston, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Steven Lynn Roberts , Rachel Giesber Clingman , Attorney, Sutherland Asbill & Brennan, L.L.P., John Michael Elsley, Esq. , Attorney, Royston, Rayzor, Vickery & Williams, L.L.P., Daniel O. Goforth , Goforth Geren Easterling, L.L.P., Houston, TX, Brad D. Brian, Esq. , Daniel Benjamin Levin , Munger, Tolles & Olson, L.L.P., Los Angeles, CA, Edward F. Kohnke, IV, Esq. , Edwin G. Preis, Jr., Esq. , Preis & Roy, A.P.L.C., Kerry J. Miller , Frilot, L.L.C., New Orleans, LA, Kent C. Sullivan , Sutherland, Asbill & Brennan, L.L.P., Austin, TX, for Intervenor Plaintiffs-Appellees.

David B. Goodwin , Allan Baron Moore , Covington & Burling, L.L.P., San Francisco, CA, for Defendants-Intervenor Defendants-Appellants.

Richard N. Dicharry , Evans Martin McLeod, Esq. , Phelps Dunbar, L.L.P., New Orleans, LA, Kyle S. Moran, Esq. , Attorney, Phelps Dunbar, L.L.P., Gulfport, MS, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Before JOLLY, BENAVIDES, and HIGGINSON, Circuit Judges.

E. GRADY JOLLY, Circuit Judge:

The original opinion in this case was filed on March 1, 2013.1 Because this case involves important and determinative questions of Texas law as to which there is no controlling Texas Supreme Court precedent, the panel, upon the petition for rehearing, unanimously withdraws the previous opinion and substitutes the following certified questions to the Supreme Court of Texas.

CERTIFICATION FROM THE UNITED...

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