Legal Opinion
El Paso Production GOM, Inc. v. Smith
District Court, E.D. Louisiana
Decided October 14, 2005No. 04-2121, 04-2849, 05-0140PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER AND REASONS
VANCE, District Judge.
Claimants El Paso Production GOM, Inc., Chevron U.S.A. Inc., Forest Oil Corporation (collectively, the “Platform Claimants”), and Petrobras Netherlands B.V. move to contest the form of security posted in case number 05-0140, a limitation of liability proceeding commenced by Skip-saksjeselskapet Kysten, Ugland Construction AS, and Dana Marine Service, Inc., as owner, managing owner and owner pro hac vice respectively (collectively, the “Owners”), of the Barge UR-95. For the following reasons, the Court GRANTS the motion.
I.BACKGROUND
On July 20, 2004, the…
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