Citgo Petroleum Corporation v. Halter-Calcasieu, L.L.C.

STATE OF LOUISIANA
COURT OF APPEAL, THIRD CIRCUIT

03-00137

CITGO PETROLEUM CORPORATION

VERSUS

HALTER-CALCASIEU, INC., L.L.C., ET AL.

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APPEAL FROM THE
FOURTEENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT
PARISH OF CALCASIEU, DOCKET NO. 2001-1911 C/W 2000-5364
HONORABLE FRED R. GODWIN, PRESIDING

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SYLVIA R. COOKS
JUDGE
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Court composed of Sylvia R. Cooks, Oswald A. Decuir, and Marc T. Amy, Judges.

AFFIRMED.

Hugh Ramsey Straub
Terriberry, Carroll & Yancey
3100 Energy Center
1100 Poydras Street
New Orleans, LA 70163
Telephone: (504) 523-6451
COUNSEL FOR APPELLANT:
ConocoPhillips Company

Gregory W. Belfour
Jones, Tete, Nolen, Fonti & Belfour, L.L.P.
1135 Lakeshore Drive, Suite 600
Lake Charles, LA 70601
Telephone: (337) 439-8315
COUNSEL FOR APPELLANT:
ConocoPhillips Company

James H. Hohenstein
Haight, Gardner, Holland & Knight, L.L.P.
195 Broadway
New Orleans, NY 10007
Telephone: (212) 513-3200
COUNSEL FOR APPELLANT:
CITGO Petroleum Corporation

William B. Swift
Swift, Spears & Harper, L.L.P.
First Federal Building
P.O. Box 1810
Lake Charles, LA 70602
Telephone: (337) 433-0707
COUNSEL FOR APPELLANT:
CITGO Petroleum Corporation

James B. Doyle
Woodley, Williams, Boudreau, Norman, Brown & Doyle, L.L.C.
500 Kirby Street
P.O. Box 3731
Lake Charles, LA 70602-3731
Telephone: (337) 433-6328
COUNSEL FOR APPELLEE:
Halter Calcasieu, L.L.C., et al.

COOKS, Judge.

For the reasons assigned in the companion case of Citgo Petroleum Corp. v.

Halter-Calcasieu, Inc., L.L.C., et al., 03-136 (La.App. 3 Cir. __/__/03), ___ So.2d

___, we affirm the judgment of the trial court in docket number 2001-1911. All costs

of this consolidated appeal are assessed equally to the appellants, ConocoPhillips

Company and CITGO Petroleum Corporation.

AFFIRMED.