Roberts v. Energy Development Corp.

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• finding that Louisiana’s anti-indemnity policies outweighed expectation that an indemnity agreement would be enforced when the dispute involved Louisiana subcontractors that the law aimed to protect
• giving significant weight to Louisiana’s being the place of performance and location of the injury for which indemnity was being sought
• applying Louisiana law to void indemnity owed by Louisiana contractor when most work was performed in Louisiana
• noting Texas and Louisiana law conflicted on the permissibility of contractual indemnity agreements

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Cited by

8 cases in this archive cite this case.

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  Fifth Circuit· 2009-12-10· cited 80×
• Chesapeake Operating, Inc. v. Nabors Drilling USA, Inc.
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 2002-11-21· cited 49×
• Cannon Oil v. KLX Energy
  Fifth Circuit· 2021-12-10· cited 10×
• Cardoso-Gonzalez v. Anadarko Petroleum Corp.
  E.D. Louisiana· 2018-06-20· cited 4×
• Jones v. Francis Drilling Fluids, Ltd.
  S.D. Texas· 2009-03-17· cited 1×
• Unnamed case
  Third Circuit· 2000-12-13
• Unnamed case
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 2002-11-21
• Mieco, L.L.C. v. Pioneer
  Fifth Circuit· 2024-07-16

Cites

11 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Getty Oil Co. v. Insurance Co. of North America
  Texas Supreme Court· 1993-03-03· cited 390×
• Sherrod v. American Airlines, Inc.
  Fifth Circuit· 1998-01-27· cited 344×
• Davis & Sons, Inc. v. Gulf Oil Corporation
  Fifth Circuit· 1991-01-16· cited 102×
• Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation v. Abraham
  Fifth Circuit· 1998-03-13· cited 84×
• Cherokee Pump & Equipment Inc. v. Aurora Pump
  Fifth Circuit· 1994-11-23· cited 83×
• Marcel v. Placid Oil Co.
  Fifth Circuit· 1994-01-14· cited 77×
• Ronald J. Domingue v. Ocean Drilling and Exploration Company v. Dimensional Oilfield Services, Inc.
  Fifth Circuit· 1991-02-11· cited 62×
• Levence John Matte v. Zapata Offshore Company, Defendants/third Party v. Timco, Inc., Third Party
  Third Circuit· 1986-03-10· cited 58×
• Tanksley v. Gulf Oil Corp.
  Fifth Circuit· 1988-06-21· cited 21×
• Roberts v. Energy Development Corp.
  Fifth Circuit· 1997-02-04· cited 16×
• Amoco Production Co. v. LEXINGTON INS.
  Louisiana Court of Appeal· 1999-09-24· cited 7×

Other cases named Roberts v. Energy Development Corp.

1 other CourtListener record shares this case name.

• Roberts v. Energy Development Corp.
  Fifth Circuit· 1997-02-04· cited 16×