Legal Opinion
EP Operating Ltd. Partnership v. Placid Oil Co.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided July 20, 1994No. 93-03401PublishedCited by 46 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHNSON, Circuit Judge:
EP Operating Limited Partnership (“EP”), a co-owner of certain property located on the Outer Continental Shelf (“OCS”), filed suit against its co-owners to partition the property. Jurisdiction in federal court was premised on the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (“OCSLA”). 1 A group of co-owners, led by Placid Oil Co. (“Placid”), joined issue and filed a motion to dismiss for lack of subject matter jurisdiction pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 12(b)(1). The district court granted this motion and EP appeals. 2 We REVERSE and REMAND.
I. FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY
In May 1986,…
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