Legal Opinion
Leo Bianchini and Joseph (Joe) Omes v. Humble Pipe Line Company
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided June 15, 1973No. 72-2551PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GOLDBERG, Circuit Judge:
This is an appeal from the involuntary-dismissal of consolidated diversity actions that arose out of a Í969 marine oil spill. Appellants are oyster farmers who sought to recover against appellee, the Humble Pipe Line Company, for damages to oysters, oyster reefs, and oyster leases resulting from oil emanating from one of Humble’s twelve-inch pipelines submerged in Barataría Bay off Saturday Island in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana. Humble admitted the spillage had occurred but alleged that the spill was caused solely by an “unknown marine vessel” coming into contact…
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