Legal Opinion
Movible Offshore Company v. Arthur Lee Ousley, Arthur Lee Ousley v. Movible Offshore Company
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided June 8, 1965No. 21829PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WOODBURY, Circuit Judge:
Mobil Oil Corporation owned a fixed oil well drilling platform located 40 odd miles out in the Gulf of Mexico off the Louisiana coast known as Platform A in Block 131 in the Vermillion Area. It entered into a contract with Movible Offshore Company to conduct drilling operations on its platform pursuant to which Mobil Offshore agreed to move its derrick or drilling rig from another similar platform in the same area to Platform A. Movible Offshore entered into a contract with Dale Hart, Inc., a rig building contractor, to dismantle and re-erect its rig. After Dale Hart…
2Cases cited14 opinions
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3Cited by34 opinions
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