Legal Opinion

Rohm & Hass Texas, Inc. v. Ortiz Brothers Insulation, Inc.

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided September 19, 1994No. 93-02718PublishedCited by 73 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

WIENER, Circuit Judge:

In this appeal from an interpleader action, Defendant-Appellant Ortiz Brothers Insulation, Inc. (“Ortiz”) seeks review of the district court’s determination of the priority of payment to defendants from the interpleaded funds (the “Fund”). Although Ortiz itself continues to disavow any stake in the Fund, it urges that it was injured financially by the priority determined by the district court for distributing shares in the Fund to Ortiz’s creditors. Ortiz insists that, as a result of the sequence of distribution decreed by the court, Ortiz will be exposed to greater…

2Cases cited28 opinions

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