Cutting Underwater Technologies USA, Inc. v. Eni U.S. Operating Co.

Appellants Eni U.S. Operating Company and Eni Petroleum U.S., L.L.C., appeal from the district court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of Appellee T. Baker Smith, Inc. The appeal concerns construction and application of the Louisiana Oil Well Lien Act, La.Rev.Stat. Ann. § 9:4861, et seq. (2007), on an issue of first impression. The district court authored a thorough and well-reasoned opinion concerning the substantive issues 1 presented, which we attach and adopt as the opinion of this court. Cutting Underwater Techs. USA, Inc. v. Con-Dive, L.L.C., Civil Action No. 2:09-CV-387, 2011 WL…