Legal Opinion

Eni U.S. Operating Co. v. TRANSOCEAN OFFSHORE

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided March 28, 2019No. 18-20115PublishedCited by 12 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

EDITH BROWN CLEMENT, Circuit Judge:

Eni and Transocean are both companies in the oil-drilling business. They formed a contract about drilling for oil. Their relationship soured. Both sued for breaches of that contract. After a bench trial, Eni suffered a resounding loss on all issues: The district court rejected its claims surrounding Transocean's maintenance of its equipment, found that Eni had wrongly repudiated the contract, and awarded damages to Transocean. Eni asks us to undo all of this. Save for the repudiation ruling, we find Eni's arguments meritorious. The district court's judgment…

2Cases cited14 opinions

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