Legal Opinion
Guillory v. Outboard Motor Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided March 23, 1992No. 91-4890PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Per curiam
Charles Guillory brought this complaint for exoneration from or limitation of liability under the Limitation of Liability Act, 46 U.S.C.App. §§ 181 et seq. The potential liability arises out of an incident that occurred when Guillory was operating his bass boat on the waters of Crooked Creek Reservoir in Louisiana. The district court dismissed the case for lack of subject matter jurisdiction because Crooked Creek Reservoir is not a navigable waterway. We agree.
The Crooked Creek Reservoir is located in Evangeline Parish, Louisiana, and was created for recreation and flood control by a dam…
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