Legal Opinion
In Re Louisiana Crawfish Producers
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided March 28, 2017No. 16-30353 consolidated with: 16-30355, 16-30357, 16-30358, 16-30359, 16-30360, 16-30361, 16-30362, 16-30363, 16-30364, 16-30365, 16-30366, 16-30367, 16-30368, 16-30369, 16-30370, 16-30371, 16-30372, 16-30373, 16-30374, 16-30375, 16-30376, 16-30377, 16-30379, 16-30380, 16-30381, 16-30382, 16-30383, 16-30384, 16-30385, 16-30386, 16-30387, 16-30388, 16-30389, 16-30390, 16-30391, 16-30392, 16-30393, 16-30394, 16-30395, 16-30396, 16-30397, 16-30398, 16-30399, 16-30400, 16-30401, 16-30402, 16-30403, 16-30405, 16-30406, 16-30407, 16-30408, 16-30409, 16-30410, 16-30411, 16-30413, 16-30414, 16-30415, 16-30416, 16-30417, 16-30418, 16-30419, 16-30420, 16-30421, 16-30422, 16-30423, 16-30424, 16-30425, 16-30426, 16-30427, 16-30428, 16-30429, 16-30430, 16-30431, 16-30432, 16-30433, 16-30434, 16-30435, 16-30436, 16-30437, 16-30738, 16-30439, 16-30440, 16-30441, 16-30442, 16-30443, 16-30444, 16-30445, 16-30446, 16-30447, 16-30448, 16-30449PublishedCited by 119 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JENNIFER WALKER ELROD, Circuit Judge:
The Louisiana Crawfish Producers Association-West and some of its commercial crawfishermen members sued a number of oil and gas companies and their insurers, claiming the companies’ dredging activities caused damage to the fisheries the fishermen used. The district court granted summary judgment in favor of two of the companies, Florida Gas Transmission Co. and Southern Natural Gas Co., finding that Plaintiffs did not create a genuine issue of material fact as to whether the two companies’ activities constituted “dredging” so as to support maritime tort…
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