Ideco Division of Dresser Industries, Inc. v. Chance Drilling Company, Inc., Small Business Administration, Impleaded

GEWIN, Circuit Judge.

This interpleader action concerns the competing claims of the Small Business Administration (SBA) and Ideco Division of Dresser Industries (Ideco) to a sum of money ($16,869.45) owed by Gulf Leaseholds, Inc. (Gulf) to Chance Drilling Company (Chance). Gulf initiated these proceedings in a Texas state court and SBA removed the case to the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas establishing jurisdiction under the provisions of 28 U.S.C. § 1442(a) (1). The district court entered a judgment for Ideco and SBA brings this appeal. We affirm.

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