Legal Opinion
J. P. (Pat) Webb v. Standard Oil Company
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided October 5, 1971No. 30922PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHN R. BROWN, Chief Judge:
When this case was first before this Court and we reversed the preceding dismissal for failure to state a claim, 1 our opinion cautioned “this [remand] may turn out to have been a sterile exercise.” 2 Now, two years later and more than six years after Appellant Webbs’ fateful fall from a ladder ascending a Standard Oil Company gas storage tank, we find that that prediction was painfully accurate. It is, unfortunately, double proof that the shortest way around is often the longest way through. Accordingly, we affirm the Trial Court’s judgment n. o. v. (F.R.Civ.P.…
2Cases cited16 opinions
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- Barry M. Goldwater v. Ralph Ginzburg, Warren Boroson, and Factmagazine, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1969
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- Captain Tom Barber v. The Motor Vessel "Blue Cat", a 32' Catamaran, Her Engines, Apparel, Tackle and EquipmentCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1967
- Roberta M. Brittingham v. United States Commissioner of Internal RevenueCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1971
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Claxton L. Burns, on Behalf of Himself and Others Similarly Situated v. Thiokol Chemical CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1973
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- Richard Leon Mitchell v. Young Refining CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1975
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