Legal Opinion
Odeco Oil and Gas Company, Drilling Division and Odeco Drilling Services, Inc. v. David J. Bonnette
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided November 9, 1993No. 92-3776PublishedCited by 50 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EDITH H. JONES, Circuit Judge:
Odeco Oil & Gas Company and Odeco Drilling Services, Inc. (Odeco) appeal the dismissal of their declaratory judgment action and the lifting of the stay in a limitation of liability proceeding. Upon review, we find that the district court did not abuse its discretion in dismissing the declaratory judgment, but it must reconsider one facet of the lifting of the stay.
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On June 2, 1991, Odeco was conducting safety drills on a fixed platform in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Louisiana. Five members of the platform’s crew, David J. Bonnette, Juan M. Porras, Henry…
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