Legal Opinion
Billie Charline Guess, Wife of and Administratrix of the Estate of Benjamin Franklin Wiley, Jr. v. Geoffrey Stewart Read
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided July 25, 1961No. 18466_1PublishedCited by 39 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JONES, Circuit Judge.
Humble Oil & Refining Company was engaged in the exploration for oil and gas at a site in the Gulf of Mexico about nine miles southeast of Grand Isle, Louisiana. At this location it had a drilling barge. Benjamin Franklin Wiley, Jr. was an employee of Humble. He lost his life as the result of the crash of a helicopter in the Gulf soon after it left the drilling barge. The location of the barge and the situs of the crash of the helicop ter are more than a marine league from the shore of Louisiana but within the area subject to the operation of the Outer Continental Shelf…
2Cases cited8 opinions
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- Burke v. Massachusetts Bonding Ins. Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1946
- Burke v. Massachusetts Bonding Ins. Co.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1944
- Claudie R. Lovless v. Employers' Liability Assurance Corporation, LimitedCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1955
- Weingartner v. Fidelity Mut. Ins. Co. Of Indianapolis, IndCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1953
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3Cited by39 opinions
- Hattie Brazier v. W. B. CherryCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1961
- Atlantis Development Corporation, Ltd. v. United States of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1967
- Pure Oil Company v. Tracy L. SnipesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1961
- Treasure Salvors, Inc. v. The Unidentified Wrecked And Abandoned Sailing VesselCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1978
- Loffland Brothers Company v. Everett B. Roberts, O. D. Casing Crews, Inc. v. Continental Oil CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1968
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