Legal Opinion
Department of Highways, State of Louisiana v. United Gas Pipe Line Company
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided April 9, 1958No. 16976_1PublishedCited by 4 opinions
For Opinion on Rehearing
1Opinion of the Court
TUTTLE, Circuit Judge.
This appeal presents the question whether the trial court correctly construed the contract between the parties as placing on the State Highway Department rather than the Pipe Line Company the expense of altering its under-road installations to meet a change in location of a state highway.
The case was disposed of on a motion for summary judgment which was procedurally proper, because on the undisputed facts there was nothing before the trial court but a construction of a written contract and the Louisiana statute which authorized it.
On April 11, 1951, the Highway…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Pennsylvania Coal Co. v. MahonSupreme Court of the United States · 1922
- Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line Co. v. State Highway CommissionSupreme Court of the United States · 1935
- Buckeye Pipe Line Company v. Edward M. Keating and Mercantile National Bank of Hammond, as Trustee, and the Town of Highland, Lake County, IndianaCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1956
3Cited by4 opinions
- Magnolia Pipe Line Company v. City of TylerCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1961
- Sinclair Pipe Line Company v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1959
- Department of Highways, State of Louisiana v. United Gas Pipe Line CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1958
- Interstate Power Co. v. Dubuque CountySupreme Court of Iowa · 1986