Legal Opinion
In Re the Complaint of Sedco, Inc.
District Court, S.D. Texas
Decided March 30, 1982No. Civ. A. H-79-1880, H-79-1982, H-79-2157, H-79-2389, H-79-2436 and H-81-120PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
O’CONOR, District Judge.
Introduction
The 1979 IXTOC I well disaster in the Bay of Campeche has produced a tangle of litigation. Before the Court, at this time, is a series of jurisdictional issues which must be untangled before discovery on the merits can begin. Each of these issues has been exhaustively briefed and oral argument by the parties was heard on October 5, 1981 and on December 14-15, 1981. The Court will consider each of these issues individually.
Pemex
Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex), which is both a direct defendant to certain private and public plaintiffs and a…
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- Perkins v. Benguet Consolidated Mining Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1952
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