Shell Oil Co. v. S.S. Tynemouth

ELLIS, District Judge.

Libellant, Shell Oil Company, moves this Court to reconsider its decision in Shell Oil Company v. S/S Tynemouth, E.D.La., 205 F.Supp. 838, in which this •Court granted a summary judgment in favor of respondent on the grounds that, on the undisputed facts, libellant had no •cause of action.

While libellant does not dispute the holding that it has no cause of action recognized at general law, it asserts that "LSA-Civil Code, Article 2703, gives it a cause of action. This state codal provision gives a lessee a cause of action against a third party (not asserting a claim to…