Legal Opinion
Marshall v. Nichols
District Court, E.D. Texas
Decided March 10, 1980No. Civ. A. S-79-67-CAPublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
ROBERT M. PARKER, District Judge.
This lawsuit arises out of an explosion on a Penrod Drilling Company platform in the Gulf of Mexico. The well blowout occurred on March 5, 1979, and the drilling platform was situated at Block No. 281, a lease maintained by Placid Oil Company.
The lease in question was sold to Placid Oil by the Secretary of the Interior, after Placid Oil had complied with the extensive regulations of the Department of the Interior which govern the exploration of oil and gas deposits beneath the Outer Continental Shelf. See, generally, Union Oil…
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Columbia Gas of Pennsylvania, Inc. v. MarshallCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1980
- 9 O.S.H. Cas.(bna) 1135, 1981 O.S.H.D. (Cch) P 25,021 Columbia Gas of Pennsylvania, Inc. v. Ray Marshall, Secretary of Labor, and Occupational Safety and Health Review CommissionCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1981