Legal Opinion

Consolidated Aluminum Corporation v. C.F. Bean Corporation

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided December 6, 1985No. 84-4195PublishedCited by 29 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

JOHNSON, Circuit Judge:

Consolidated Aluminum Corporation (Consolidated) sues C.F. Bean Corporation (Bean) for physical damages and economic losses that occurred shortly after a dredge owned and operated by Bean ruptured a Texaco natural gas pipeline. The Texaco pipeline supplied Consolidated’s aluminum processing plant with natural gas. The resulting interruption in the supply of gas to Consolidated’s plant caused extensive damage to the physical equipment'at the plant that Consolidated employed for processing aluminum.

The district court granted Bean’s motion for summary judgment on…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. Robins Dry Dock & Repair Co. v. FlintSupreme Court of the United States · 1927
  2. PPG Industries, Inc. v. Bean DredgingSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1984
  3. Nebraska Innkeepers, Inc. v. Pittsburgh-Des Moines Corp.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1984
  4. Stop & Shop Companies, Inc. v. FisherMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1983
  5. Louisiana ex rel. Guste v. M/V TestbankCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1985

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3Cited by29 opinions

  1. Consolidated Aluminum Corp. v. C.F. Bean Corp.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1988
  2. Jack Rardin, Doing Business as Rardin Graphics v. T & D MacHine Handling, Inc., and Whitacre Sunbelt, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1989
  3. Pennzoil Producing Co. v. Offshore Express, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1991
  4. Pillsbury Co. v. Midland Enterprises, Inc.District Court, E.D. Louisiana · 1989
  5. Corpus Christi Oil & Gas Co. v. Zapata Gulf Marine Corp.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1995

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