Legal Opinion
Walsh v. Seagull Energy Corp.
District Court, S.D. Texas
Decided November 8, 1993No. G-93-455PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER OF REMAND
KENT, District Judge.
[T]he subject of the removability of saving clause cases is beset by theoretical difficulties that cannot be resolved by reference to the cases, which are in a confused state, or by exploring the inferences of history.
14 Charles A. Wright, et al, Federal Practice and Procedure § 3674 (1985).
Since the oil industry went offshore, the legal system has struggled to produce a body of injury law that is rational, fair, internally consistent, and acceptably productive of safety incentives. The result has been chaos.
David Robertson, Injuries to Marine Petroleum…
2Cases cited29 opinions
- Romero v. International Terminal Operating Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1959
- Executive Jet Aviation, Inc. v. City of ClevelandSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Offshore Logistics, Inc. v. TallentireSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Rodrigue v. Aetna Casualty & Surety Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Herb's Welding, Inc. v. GraySupreme Court of the United States · 1985
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3Cited by10 opinions
- Francis Barker, Jr. v. Hercules Offshore, Inc., etCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2013
- Tennessee Gas Pipeline, Also Known as Tenneco Incorporated v. Houston Casualty Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1996
- In Re Oil Spill by the Oil Rig "Deepwater Horizon" in the Gulf of Mexico, on April 20, 2010District Court, E.D. Louisiana · 2010
- Courts v. Accu-Coat Services, Inc.District Court, W.D. Louisiana · 1996
- Nase v. Teco Energy, Inc.District Court, E.D. Louisiana · 2004
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