United States Fifth Circuit

In an insurance indemnity action involving conflicts of law between several states, the court must determine the state whose policies would be most seriously impaired if its law was not applied by comparing the pertinence of the competing states' policies in light of the various factors set forth in the forum state's conflict of laws statute.

Appellate Information

• Decided 12/13/2000
• Published 12/13/2000

Judges

• DeMOSS, Circuit Judge:, Before DUHÉ, EMILIO M. GARZA and DeMOSS, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Fifth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• William Joseph Riviere (argued), Robert P. McCleskey, Jr., Phelps Dunbar, Charles M. Steen, Steen, McShane & Williamson, New Orleans, LA, for Energy Dev. Corp., Edward S. Johnson, Salvador J. Pusateri (argued), Johnson, Johnson, Barrios & Yacoubian, New Orleans, LA, for Grasso Production Mgt. Inc., Philip E. Henderson (argued), Henderson, Reilly & Boudreaux, Houma, LA, for Gray Ins. Co.