Legal Opinion
Hicks v. Ocean Drilling & Exploration Co.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided May 7, 1975No. 73-2169PublishedCited by 41 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JONES, Circuit Judge:
A New Orleans shipbuilder, Higgins, Inc., constructed at its shipyard on the Industrial Canal in that city, for Ocean Drilling and Exploration Company, herein called ODECO, a submersible oil storage facility which became known as the Round Barge. This facility is made up of a superstructure two hundred feet in length and fifty-four feet in width constructed approximately forty feet above cylindrical storage tanks fourteen and one-half feet in diameter. Two of the tanks run the entire length of the superstructure. These are connected to four storage tanks evenly spaced and…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Bisso v. Inland Waterways Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1955
- Paul v. Ruiz v. Shell Oil Company, National Tank CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1969
- Producers Drilling Company and Liberty Mutual Insurance Company v. Luther GrayCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1966
- Robert D. Cook v. Belden Concrete Products, Inc., Division of Rockwin CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1973
- Louis L. Atkins v. Greenville Shipbuilding CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1969
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3Cited by41 opinions
- Fontenot v. Mesa Petroleum Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1986
- Harvey Corbitt v. Diamond M. Drilling Co., Shell Oil Company, Third-Party v. Sladco, Inc., Third-PartyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1981
- Brian Gremillion and Connie Gremillion v. Gulf Coast Catering Company, Doerle's Quarterboats, Inc., and Albany Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1990
- Smith v. Pan Air Corp.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1982
- Rocco P. Digiovanni, Jr. v. Traylor Brothers, Inc.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1992
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