Legal Opinion
Day v. Ocean Drilling and Exploration Company
District Court, E.D. Louisiana
Decided January 25, 1973No. Civ. A. 72-754PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ALVIN B. RUBIN, District Judge:
The motion for summary judgment raises the oft litigated question of interpreting a contract containing an indemnity agreement. The issue is not to be determined by narrowly parsing a single clause or sentence, but by reading the contract as a whole. Louisiana Civil Code, Art. 1955; White v. California Co., W.D.La.1965, 260 F.Supp. 586; Reuter v. Reuter’s Succession, 1944, 206 La. 474, 19 So.2d 209; Solomon v. Hickman, La.App.1969, 219 So.2d 330.
Odeco, as Drilling Contractor, made a service contract with Houma Welders, as subcontractor, on a printed form…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Rodrigue v. Aetna Casualty & Surety Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Oklahoma Packing Co. v. Oklahoma Gas & Electric Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1940
- Gorsalitz v. Olin Mathieson Chemical Corp.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1970
- Red Ball Motor Freight, Inc. v. Employers Mut. Liability Ins. Co. Of WisconsinCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1951
- Arnold v. Stupp CorporationLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1968
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3Cited by19 opinions
- Fontenot v. Mesa Petroleum Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1986
- Shea v. Bay State Gas Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1981
- Tommy Lynn Weathersby v. Conoco Oil Company, Conoco Oil Company v. Global Marine, and National Supply CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1984
- Cecil John Ogea v. Loffland Brothers Co. v. Phillips Petroleum Co., Third PartyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1980
- Shea v. BAY STATE GAS CO. CAMP DRESSER & McKEE INC.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1981
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