United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, 1984

105 opinions

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Joe R. RANGEL, Defendant-Appellant 1984-03-08
AMERICAN TRUCKING ASSOCIATIONS, INC., et al., Petitioners, v. INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION and United States of America, Respondents 1984-03-14
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Agha Kaleem Ullah KHAN, Defendant-Appellant 1984-03-15
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. YOUNG BROTHERS, INC., Contractors, Defendant-Appellant 1984-03-19
Rafael MARTINEZ, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant-Appellee 1984-03-22
In the Matter of TA CHI NAVIGATION (PANAMA) CORPORATION S.A., etc. TRAVELERS INDEMNITY COMPANY, Surety to Ta Chi Navigation (Panama) Corporation, S.A., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, and U.S. Navy as Owner and Operator of USS DAHLGREN (DDG 43), Defendants-Appellees 1984-03-23
Julio CERVANTES, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. IMCO, HALLIBURTON SERVICES, Defendant-Appellee 1984-03-26
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Howard Eugene AWALT, Defendant-Appellant 1984-03-26
Willie N. REDDIX, Petitioner-Appellee, v. Morris THIGPEN, Commissioner, Mississippi Department of Corrections, et al., Respondents-Appellants 1984-03-26
NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD, Petitioner, v. SOUTHWESTERN BELL TELEPHONE CO., Respondent 1984-03-29
Neola N. HOWARD, Etc., et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Ray FORTENBERRY, Etc., et al., Defendants-Appellees 1984-03-29
In re Ernest DAVIS, Sr., Petitioner 1984-03-30
Toni DEAL, Plaintiff-Appellee Cross-Appellant, v. A.P. BELL FISH COMPANY and Beverly J. Estes, Defendants-Appellants Cross-Appellees 1984-03-30
Dixie Myra CLAY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. TEXAS WOMENS UNIVERSITY, Defendant-Appellee 1984-03-30
Billie BOURGEOIS, wife of/and Clarence Bourgeois, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. HAYNES CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee 1984-03-30
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Charles William WALBORN, a/k/a Dennis Jackson, Delbert Isoner, Sr., Dennis Isoner, Sr., and Daniel Isnor, Sr., Defendant-Appellant 1984-04-02
CLEM PERRIN MARINE TOWING, INC., Plaintiff-Appellee, v. PANAMA CANAL COMPANY, a corporate agency and instrumental of the United States, in personam, and its successor agency, the Panama Canal Commission, in personam, Defendant-Appellant 1984-04-02
Henry Lee WARREN, Plaintiff-Appellant Cross-Appellee, v. The RESERVE FUND, INC., Reserve Management Corporation, Harry B.R. Brown and Bruce R. Bent, Defendants-Appellees Cross-Appellants 1984-04-02
Lamar WILLIAMS, Jr., et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. NEW ORLEANS PUBLIC SERVICE, INC., Defendant-Appellant 1984-04-02
WALES TRANSPORTATION, INC. and Steel Carriers Tariff Association, Inc., Petitioners, v. INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION and United States of America, Respondents 1984-04-02
Julius John BOUDELOCHE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. GROW CHEMICAL COATINGS CORP., etc., et al., Defendants, and Brown & Root, Inc., Defendant-Appellee 1984-04-02
Henry J. BENNETT, Jr., Plaintiff-Appellee, v. CITY OF SLIDELL, Gerry Hinton, B.E. McDaniel, Nunzio Giordano, and Patrick J. Berrigan, Defendants-Appellants 1984-04-02
STATE OF LOUISIANA, ex rel. William J. GUSTE, Jr., Attorney General, et al., Plaintiffs, Ventura Trading Co., Limited, Inc., et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. The M/V TESTBANK, Her Engines, Tackle and Apparel, Her Owners, Etc., et al., Defendants, Partenreederei M/S Charlotta, Etc., et al., Defendants-Appellees 1984-04-02
Robert Stanley WILLIAMS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Samuel P. COLLINS, Jr., et al., Defendants-Appellants 1984-04-02
Robert HINES and Ruth C. Hines, his wife, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. TENNECO CHEMICALS, INC., Defendant-Appellee 1984-04-02
William Wood TURNER, Jr., et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Casper W. WEINBERGER, Secretary of Defense, et al., Defendants-Appellees 1984-04-02
Debra ADAMS, Individually and as Tutrix of Stella Adams and Bernita Holmes, Tutrix of Chavelle Oatis, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. UNITED STATES of America, et al., Defendants-Appellees 1984-04-02
VENCEDORA OCEANICA NAVIGACION, S.A., Appellant-Plaintiff, v. COMPAGNIE NATIONALE ALGERIENNE DE NAVIGATION (C.N.A.N.) and The Republic of Algeria, Appellees-Defendants 1984-04-05
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Arthur Nathaniel YOUNG, Defendant-Appellant 1984-04-05
Colin KOKE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. PHILLIPS PETROLEUM COMPANY, Phillips Petroleum Company Norway, A Wholly Owned Subsidiary of Phillips Petroleum Co., Sedco, Inc., and Oceaneering International, Inc., Jointly and Severally, Defendants-Appellees; Dermot P. OSULLIVAN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. PHILLIPS PETROLEUM CO., et al., Defendants-Appellees 1984-04-05
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Orrin SHAID, Jr., Defendant-Appellant 1984-04-06
Rev. Roy JONES, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. The CITY OF LUBBOCK, et al., Defendants-Appellants 1984-04-10
Ronald E. GRUBBS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. HOUSTON FIRST AMERICAN SAVINGS ASSOCIATION, Defendant-Appellee 1984-04-19
Sidney MORRIS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. OCEAN SYSTEMS, INC., Defendant-Appellee 1984-04-19
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Miki Eze ONU, Defendant, Craig Washington, Appellant 1984-04-19
The ESTATE OF David L. PORTNOY, Deceased, Jerri Bridges, Administratrix, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CESSNA AIRCRAFT COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee 1984-04-20
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATION OF COLLEGE EDUCATORS, TSTA/NEA, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants Cross-Appellees, v. EL PASO COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT, et al., Defendants-Appellees, El Paso County Community College District & Robert Shepack, Defendants-Appellees Cross-Appellants 1984-04-20
Preston BROWN, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Ross MAGGIO, Jr., Warden, Louisiana State Penitentiary, and William J. Guste, Jr., Attorney General, State of Louisiana, Respondents-Appellees 1984-04-20
Harvey and Rebecca RUMBAUGH, Individually, and as Next Friends acting on Behalf of Charles RUMBAUGH, Petitioners-Appellants, v. Dan V. McKASKLE, Acting Director, Texas Department of Corrections, Defendant-Appellee 1984-04-20
Susan Gloger MONCRIEF and Peter L. Gloger, Independent Co-executors of the Estate of Leroy J. Gloger and Reba K. Gloger, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant-Appellee 1984-04-20
Herbert J. HARRIS, Sr., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. FLOTA MERCANTE GRANCOLOMBIANA, S.A., et al., Defendants-Appellees 1984-04-23
William C. DOSHER, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. UNITED STATES of America (Internal Revenue Service), Defendant-Appellee 1984-04-23
Mark WAYNE, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY, et al., Defendants-Appellees 1984-04-23
MONTGOMERY ELEVATOR COMPANY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. BUILDING ENGINEERING SERVICES CO., INC., et al., Defendants-Appellees 1984-04-23
In the Matter of MOONEY AIRCRAFT, INC. and Mooney Corporation, Bankrupts. MOONEY AIRCRAFT CORP., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Joyce L. FOSTER, et al., Defendants-Appellees 1984-04-23
NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD, Petitioner, v. LAREDO PACKING COMPANY, Respondent 1984-04-23
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Margaret M. HECKLER, Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services, Defendant-Appellant; HARRIS HOSPITAL-METHODIST, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Margaret M. HECKLER, Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services, Defendant-Appellant 1984-04-23
STATE OF TEXAS, Petitioner, v. UNITED STATES of America and Interstate Commerce Commission, Respondents 1984-04-23
APPLE BARREL PRODUCTIONS, INC., A Texas Corporation, and Betty Sue Faglie Combs, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. R.D. BEARD, Shirley Beard, Don Hagins, Pat Hagins, Sharon Henson, Beverly Dishroon, Arnold Robinson and Kay Jackson, Defendants-Appellees 1984-04-23
Eddie LONGORIA, Deceased, by Elias LONGORIA, As Temporary Administrator of his Estate, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. B.T. WILSON, Individually and in his official capacity as a Police Officer of the City of McAllen, Texas, Defendant-Appellant 1984-04-23
AMERICAN COMMERCIAL BARGE LINES COMPANY, Inland Tugs Company, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA, ATLANTIC, GULF, LAKES AND INLAND WATERS DISTRICT, AFL-CIO, et al., Defendants-Appellants 1984-04-23
Dorothy WALLS, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees Cross-Appellees-Appellants, v. MISSISSIPPI STATE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WELFARE, et al., Defendants-Appellees Cross-Appellants, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant-Appellant Cross-Appellee 1984-04-23
Armond J. EITMANN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. NEW ORLEANS PUBLIC SERVICE, INC., Defendant-Appellee 1984-04-23
The STATE OF TEXAS, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners and State Corp. Commission of the State of Kansas, Plaintiffs-Intervenors-Appellants, v. UNITED STATES of America and Interstate Commerce Commission, Defendants-Appellees, and Southern Pacific Transportation Company, et al., Defendants-Intervenors-Appellees 1984-04-23
STATE OF TEXAS, Petitioner, v. UNITED STATES of America and Interstate Commerce Commission, Respondents 1984-04-23
EDWARDS COMPANY, INC., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. MONOGRAM INDUSTRIES, INC., Monotronics, Inc. and Entronic Company, Defendants-Appellees 1984-04-23
Lawson F. BERNSTEIN, Trustee in Bankruptcy of Frigitemp Corp., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. SOUTH CENTRAL BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee 1984-04-26
Bennie STEWART, Jr., Individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Morris L. THIGPEN, Commissioner, Mississippi Department of Corrections, et al., Defendants-Appellees 1984-04-30
Elodie JOCHUM, Wife of/and Carmelo F. Pagano, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. PICO CREDIT CORPORATION OF WESTBANK, INC., Defendant-Appellee 1984-04-30
Jimmie McBEE, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. JIM HOGG COUNTY, TEXAS and Gilbert Ybanez, Defendants-Appellants; Javier Alfonso HINOJOSA, et al., Plaintiffs, v. JIM HOGG COUNTY, TEXAS, et al., Defendants 1984-04-30
Jimmy ANDREWS, Etc., et al., Plaintiffs, v. CITY OF MONROE, et al., Defendants; MONROE CITY SCHOOL BOARD, Defendant-Appellee, v. Ada BLAKES, et al., Intervenors-Appellants 1984-04-30
Arthur WILLIAMS, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Ross MAGGIO, Jr., Warden, Louisiana State Penitentiary, and William J. Guste, Jr., Attorney General, State of Louisiana, Respondents-Appellees 1984-04-30
Raymond WEBSTER, Jr., Plaintiff-Appellant Cross-Appellee, v. M/V MOOLCHAND, SETHIA LINERS, LTD., Defendant-Appellee Cross-Appellant 1984-04-30
Lynn T. LEVIN, et al., and Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. DELTA AIR LINES, INC., Defendant-Appellee 1984-04-30
FIDELITY & DEPOSIT CO. OF MARYLAND, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Harold J. SMITH, Jr., Defendant-Third Party Plaintiff, Appellee-Appellant, v. KESSLER-BODENHEIMER, et al., Third Party Defendants-Appellees 1984-04-30
Elmo McDONALD, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. UNION CARBIDE CORPORATION, et al., Defendants-Appellees, v. ALLIED CHEMICAL CO., GTE Sylvania Co. and Convent Chemical Co., Defendants-Appellants 1984-05-23
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Frederix P. DEVEAU and Irving M. Drobny, Defendants-Appellants 1984-05-24
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Kyle KALISH and William Harvey Boren, Defendants-Appellants 1984-05-29
Dr. Alvin I. THOMAS, Plaintiff-Appellee, Cross-Appellant, v. Eristus SAMS, Individually and As Mayor of Prairie View, Defendant-Appellant, and City of Prairie View, Defendant-Cross-Appellee 1984-05-29
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Michael Nelson OBERSKI, Defendant-Appellant 1984-06-08
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Michael Nelson OBERSKI, Defendant-Appellant 1984-06-08
Beatrice Mae HANSEN, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. JOHNS-MANVILLE PRODUCTS CORPORATION, et al., Defendants, Johns-Manville Sales Corporation, Defendant-Appellant 1984-06-11
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. John Russell WEBSTER, Jr., Delbert Paul Hoskins, Robert Bode and John Jay Caperton, Defendants-Appellants 1984-06-11
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. STRIBLING FLYING SERVICE, INC. and Stribling Spraying Service, Inc., Defendants, Donald William Kimball and Frances C. Kimball, Defendants-Appellants 1984-06-14
WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC CORPORATION, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees Cross-Appellants, v. M/V LESLIE LYKES, etc., Defendant, Lykes Bros. Steamship Co., Inc., Defendant-Appellant Cross-Appellee 1984-06-14
Albert Ralph VELASQUEZ, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. SOUTHERN PACIFIC TRANSPORTATION COMPANY, Defendant-Appellant 1984-06-14
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. NEW ORLEANS PUBLIC SERVICE, INC., Defendant-Appellant 1984-06-14
Clarence R. HAYES, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. BROTHERHOOD OF RAILWAY AND AIRLINE CLERKS/ALLIED SERVICES DIVISION, Defendant-Appellee 1984-06-14
Gerard O. BREATH, Individually d/b/a The Roach Coach, and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiff-Appellee Cross-Appellant, v. Alwynn J. CRONVICH, (former) Sheriff of Jefferson Parish and Harry Lee, Sheriff of Jefferson Parish, Defendants-Appellants Cross-Appellees; Lloyd BROWN, Individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Alwynn J. CRONVICH, (former) Sheriff of Jefferson Parish and Harry Lee, Sheriff of Jefferson Parish, Defendants-Appellants; Gerard O. BREATH, Individually d/b/a The Roach Coach, and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiff-Appellee Cross-Appellant, v. Alwynn J. CRONVICH, Former Sheriff of Jefferson Parish, et al., Defendants-Appellants Cross-Appellees, and Edwin W. Edwards, Governor of Louisiana, Defendant-Appellant Cross-Appellee; Lloyd BROWN, Individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Alwynn J. CRONVICH, Former Sheriff of Jefferson Parish, et al., Defendants-Appellants, and Edwin W. Edwards, Governor of Louisiana, Defendant-Appellant 1984-06-14
Oberlee JENKINS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. McDERMOTT, INC. and Tad Technical Services, Inc., Defendants-Appellees 1984-06-14
Albert VERRET, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. ELLIOT EQUIPMENT CORP., et al., Defendants-Appellees 1984-06-14
The QUAKER OATS COMPANY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. M/V TORVANGER, her engines, tackle, etc., and Westfal Larsen and Co., A/S, Defendants-Appellees 1984-06-15
D.C. WHEELER and John Thedford Sims, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. COSDEN OIL AND CHEMICAL CO., et al., Defendants-Appellees 1984-06-18
Amanda SOLIS, Constancia Pena, Maria Enriqueta Garcia, and Maria Nela Sanchez, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. RIO GRANDE CITY INDEPENDENT SCHOOL, a political subdivision of the State of Texas, et al., Defendants-Appellants 1984-06-18
CENAC TOWING CO., INC., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. TERRA RESOURCES, INC., et al., Defendants-Appellees; TERRA RESOURCES, INC., Defendant-Appellee-Appellant, v. The ESTATE OF Andras Joseph GASPARD, Defendant-Appellee. In the Matter of TERRA RESOURCES, INC., As Bareboat Charterer of CTCO-36, etc.; CENAC TOWING CO., INC., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. MARLIN MARINE, INC., et al., Defendants-Appellees; Herbert C. PRICE, et al., Plaintiffs, v. MIRE MARINE SERVICES, INC., et al., Defendants-Appellees, v. CENAC TOWING CO., INC., Defendant-Appellant; Steve Joseph GRIFFIN, Plaintiff, v. TERRA RESOURCES, INC., et al., Defendants-Appellees; TERRA RESOURCES, INC., Defendant-Appellee-Appellant, v. CENAC TOWING CO., Defendant-Appellant, The Estate of Andras Joseph Gaspard, Defendant-Appellee 1984-06-18
NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD, Petitioner, v. MAGNA CORPORATION, Respondent 1984-06-22
A.G. NELSON and Vida Nelson, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. INTERNATIONAL PAINT COMPANY, INC., Defendant-Appellee 1984-06-25
Gwendolyn L. MACPHERSON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES, et al., Defendants-Appellees 1984-06-25
Charles L. WALKER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. U-HAUL CO. OF MISSISSIPPI, U-Haul International, Inc. and Amerco, etc., Defendants-Appellees 1984-06-25
Harry HOLMES, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. J. RAY McDERMOTT & COMPANY, INC., Defendant-Appellant 1984-06-25
Edward PAUL, Petitioner-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Respondent-Appellee 1984-06-25
Philip C. WILD, Jr., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. LYKES BROTHERS STEAMSHIP CORPORATION, Defendant-Appellee 1984-06-25
In the Matter of Ray Bryan ADAMS, Jr., Bankrupt. Z.D. BONNER, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Ray Bryan ADAMS, Jr., Defendant-Appellant 1984-06-25
In the Matter of: COMMONWEALTH OIL REFINING COMPANY, INC., Debtor. MINERALÖLHANDELSGESELLSCHAFT MBH AND COMPANY (MEBRO), Plaintiff-Appellant, v. COMMONWEALTH OIL REFINING COMPANY, INC., Defendant-Appellee 1984-06-25
Gilbert GOMEZ, Petitioner-Appellee, v. Dan V. McKASKLE, Acting Director, Texas Department of Corrections, Respondent-Appellant 1984-06-25
Leslie Daniel CALDWELL, Jr., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. SOLUS OCEAN SYSTEMS, INC., Defendant-Appellee 1984-06-25
John D. VIDRINE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Daniel ENGER, M.D., Defendant-Appellee 1984-08-02
Ernest Glenn WINBOURNE, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. EASTERN AIRLINES, INC., Defendant-Third Party-Plaintiff Appellant, United States of America, Third Party Defendant-Appellant 1984-08-09
Joseph BOARDMAN and Henry Boardman, Plaintiff-Appellants, v. UNITED SERVICES AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATION, Defendant-Appellee 1984-10-23
Tommy Lynn WEATHERSBY, Plaintiff, v. CONOCO OIL COMPANY, et al., Defendants; CONOCO OIL COMPANY, Defendant-Appellant, v. GLOBAL MARINE, Defendant-Appellee, and National Supply Company, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees 1984-11-28
William Wayne BROOKS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. GREAT LAKES DREDGE-DOCK COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee 1984-11-29
Shelby BUSH, Plaintiff-Appellant Cross-Appellee, v. The PARISH OF ST. TAMMANY, et al., Defendants, United States of America, Defendant-Appellee Cross-Appellant 1984-11-30
Mae TRUSSELL, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. LITTON SYSTEMS, INC., Defendant-Appellee; Robbie TRUSSELL, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. FRIGITEMP CORPORATION, et al., Defendant-Appellee 1984-12-03
James J. ALLEMAN and Shirley Alleman, Plaintiffs, v. BUNGE CORPORATION, et al., Defendants-Appellants, v. REPUBLIC INSURANCE CO., et al., Defendants-Appellees 1984-12-19
Juan ENRIQUEZ, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Raymond K. PROCUNIER, Director, Texas Department of Corrections, Respondent-Appellee 1984-12-26