United States Fifth Circuit

Because the Louisiana Credit Agreement statute precludes all actions for damages arising from oral credit agreements, the district court's Erie determinations were incorrect, and defendants are entitled to summary judgment on all claims.

Appellate Information

• Decided 02/05/2003
• Published 02/05/2003

Judges

• DeMOSS, Circuit Judge:, Before JONES and DeMOSS, Circuit Judges, and FELDMAN, District Judge.

Court

• United States Fifth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Michael Joseph Juneau, Karen Bordelon Levy, The Juneau Firm, Lafayette, LA, for American Intern. Specialty Lines Ins. Co., Peter J. Wanek, Campbell, McCranie, Sistrunk, Anzelmo & Hardy, Metairie, LA, Alexis James Rogoski, Peterson & Ross, New York City, for Continental Cas. Co., Mishthi Grace Ratnesar, Thomas P. Anzelmo, Sr., Kyle Paul Kirsch, Campbell, McCranie, Sistrunk, Anzelmo & Hardy, Metairie, LA, for Underwriters at Lloyds of London., Gerald F. Slattery, Jr., Andrew Russell Thomas, David Ronald Dyer, Schully, Roberts, Slattery, Jaubert & Marino, New Orleans, LA, for Bank of America Commercial Finance Corp., David Joseph Boneno, Louisiana Bankers Ass'n, Baton Rouge, LA, for Louisiana Bankers Ass'n, Amicus Curiae.


• For Appellees:
  
• Edward D. Markle,Jon A. Gegenheimer, Law Office of Edward D. Markle & Associates, New Orleans, LA, Edward F. Downing, III, Wendell H. Gauthier, Gauthier, Downing, LaBarre, Beiser & Dean, Metairie, LA, for Plaintiff-Appellee.