Legal Opinion
Armstrong v. Chambers & Kennedy
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided August 22, 1974No. 72-2704PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GODBOLD, Circuit Judge:
This consolidated litigation arises out of an offshore oil platform explosion that occurred May 28, 1970, over the outer Continental Shelf and caused extensive property damage and loss of human life on the platform and on a nearby vessel. The normal complexities engendered by such a holocaust are multiplied by the pai’t-platform, part-admiralty factual context which necessitates meshing together the law of admiralty and the state law made the surrogate law of the platform by Rodrigue v. Aetna Cas. & Surety Co., 395 U.S. 352, 89 S.Ct. 1835, 23 L.Ed.2d 360 (1969).
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2Cases cited78 opinions
- Ryan Stevedoring Co. v. Pan-Atlantic Steamship Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1956
- Moragne v. States Marine Lines, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Executive Jet Aviation, Inc. v. City of ClevelandSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Kermarec v. Compagnie Generale TransatlantiqueSupreme Court of the United States · 1959
- The HarrisburgSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Warner Bros., Inc. v. Gay Toys, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1981
- Dearborn Marine Service, Inc. v. Chambers & KennedyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1974
- Law v. Sea Drilling Corp.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1975
- Mrs. Joan Francis Law, Personal Representative of the Estate of Wesley J. Law, Sr., Etc. v. Sea Drilling Corporation and Continental Oil Corporation, Thomas J. Lebeouf v. Sea Drilling CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1975