Legal Opinion
LeBlanc v. Two-R Drilling Co.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided March 3, 1976No. 74-3268PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHN R. BROWN, Chief Judge:
This might be the last voyage of the now obsolete and statutorily drydocked judge-made legal principle for indemnity for breach of the WWLP.1 Such third-party complaint is but one leg of the once familiar triangular law suit between the troika of suitors, Sieracki seaman v. shipowner v. maritime contractor.2 Ryan Stevedoring Company v. Pan-Atlantic Steamship Corporation, 1956, 350 U.S. 124, 76 S.Ct. 232, 100 L.Ed. 133, 1956 AMC 9; Sea Shipping Company v. Sieracki, 1946, 328 U.S. 85, 66 S.Ct. 872, 90 L.Ed. 1099, 1946 AMC 698. Two issues come to us on this appeal: (i)…
2Cases cited24 opinions
- Seas Shipping Co. v. SierackiSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
- Ryan Stevedoring Co. v. Pan-Atlantic Steamship Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1956
- Mitchell v. Trawler Racer, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1960
- Crumady v. the Joachim Hendrik FisserSupreme Court of the United States · 1959
- Italia Societa Rer Azioni Di Navigazione v. Oregon Stevedoring Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1964
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3Cited by21 opinions
- Kaspar Wire Works, Inc. v. Leco Engineering and MacHine Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1978
- A/s J. Ludwig Mowinckles Rederi v. Tidewater Construction Corporation, Lone Star Industries, Inc. v. Gearbulk, Ltd.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1977
- Martinez v. Dixie Carriers, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1976
- National Marine Service, Inc. v. Gulf Oil Co.District Court, E.D. Louisiana · 1977
- Henry F. Thibodeaux v. Texas Eastern Transmission Corporation v. J. Ray McDermott & CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1977
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