Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit October 10, 1965, 20803 (Fred Kuchenig v. The California Company)

WISDOM, Circuit Judge:

In this diversity action conflicting claims of the plaintiff and of the State of Louisiana to oil-rich water bottoms raise the question whether the State (a) in its capacity as the defendant’s lessor and also (b) in its capacity as a sovereign State asserting title to allegedly inalienable beds of navigable waters is an indispensable party defendant.