Legal Opinion
Molett v. Penrod Drilling Co.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided May 19, 1989No. 88-4136PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Per curiam
This is an appeal from the remand of this case after our opinion in Molett v. Penrod Drilling Co., 826 F.2d 1419 (5th Cir.1987) (Molett I). At issue for the first time in the litigation is the jurisdiction of the federal courts to adjudicate a claim for indemnity between a defendant and third-party defendant. We conclude that we lack admiralty jurisdiction over the claim in question, but we remand to the district court to allow the third-party plaintiff to amend its complaint to attempt to cure a defect in the allegations of diversity jurisdiction.
BACKGROUND
On January 27, 1983, John Molett,…
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