Legal Opinion
Union Texas Petroleum Corp. v. PLT Engineering, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided March 7, 1990No. Nos. 88-4823, 89-4118PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHN R. BROWN, Circuit Judge:
On this appeal from the entry of summary judgments, we hold that the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (OCSLA), 43 U.S.C. §§ 1331-56 (1986 and Supp. Ill 1989), requires the application of Louisiana state law to non-maritime contract disputes arising from the construction of a gathering line on the seabed of the outer Continental Shelf (OCS). We further hold that the subcontractors were entitled to assert liens against the project under the Louisiana Oil Well Lien Act (LOWLA), LSA-R.S. 9:4861 et seq. The availability of the liens was not defeated by the language of…
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