Case Name: LAMA DRILLING CO., INC., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. LATHAM EXPLORATION CO., INC., Defendant-Appellee; James A. LATHAM, Plaintiff-Appellant, LATHAM EXPLORATION CO., INC., Defendant-Appellee; HABITATION LE CLERC, INC., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. LATHAM EXPLORATION CO., INC., Defendant-Appellee; SILVERKEY DRILLING COMPANY, INC., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. LATHAM EXPLORATION CO., INC., Defendant-Appellee; LATHAM EMPLOYEES TRUST FUND, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. LATHAM EXPLORATION CO., INC., Defendant-Appellee
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1987-12-01
Citations: 832 F.2d 1391
Docket Number: No. 87-4421
Parties: LAMA DRILLING CO., INC., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. LATHAM EXPLORATION CO., INC., Defendant-Appellee. James A. LATHAM, Plaintiff-Appellant, LATHAM EXPLORATION CO., INC., Defendant-Appellee. HABITATION LE CLERC, INC., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. LATHAM EXPLORATION CO., INC., Defendant-Appellee. SILVERKEY DRILLING COMPANY, INC., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. LATHAM EXPLORATION CO., INC., Defendant-Appellee. LATHAM EMPLOYEES TRUST FUND, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. LATHAM EXPLORATION CO., INC., Defendant-Appellee.
Judges: Before GEE, JOHNSON, and GARWOOD, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: Federal Reporter 2d Series
Volume: 832
Pages: 1391–1391

Head Matter:
LAMA DRILLING CO., INC., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. LATHAM EXPLORATION CO., INC., Defendant-Appellee. James A. LATHAM, Plaintiff-Appellant, LATHAM EXPLORATION CO., INC., Defendant-Appellee. HABITATION LE CLERC, INC., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. LATHAM EXPLORATION CO., INC., Defendant-Appellee. SILVERKEY DRILLING COMPANY, INC., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. LATHAM EXPLORATION CO., INC., Defendant-Appellee. LATHAM EMPLOYEES TRUST FUND, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. LATHAM EXPLORATION CO., INC., Defendant-Appellee.
No. 87-4421
Summary Calendar.
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
Dec. 1, 1987.
Mark E. Gilliam, Wilkinson, Carmody & Gilliam, Shreveport, La., for plaintiff-appellant.
James Hill, III, Donald Lee Brice, Jr., Shreveport, La., for defendant-appellee.
Before GEE, JOHNSON, and GARWOOD, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
As the district court correctly noted, in reviewing actions taken by such a court in its appellate function — actions such as the dismissal in today's case — we have announced that we affirm unless the court has clearly abused its discretion. In the Matter of Braniff Airways, Inc., 774 F.2d 1303, 1305 (5th Cir.1985). For the reasons well stated in the court's "Memorandum Ruling" filed May 11, 1987, there was no abuse of the court's discretion here; and for us to meddle in its disposition would be, as our Brother Rubin has gracefully stated in Braniff, to "deny in action what we have announced as precept." Id.
AFFIRMED.