Legal Opinion
Seacor Holdings, Inc. v. Mason
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided April 6, 2016No. Nos. 15-30597, 15-30598PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HAYNES, Circuit Judge.
Duwayne Mason appeals the district court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of Seacor Holdings, Inc., Seacor Offshore, L.L.C., and Seacor Marine, L.L.C. (collectively, “Seacor”), as well as the denial of Mason’s motion to be recognized as a plaintiff who opted out of the class action settlement at issue in this case. For the reasons that follow, we AFFIRM..
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This is one of the many cases to arise from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, the facts of which are well known and need not be recited at great length. Suffice it to say, Seacor owned and operated the M/V SEACOR…
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