District Court, S.D. Texas March 30, 1982, Civ. A. H-79-1880, H-79-1982, H-79-2157, H-79-2389, H-79-2436 and H-81-120 (In Re the Complaint of Sedco, Inc.)

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

O’CONOR, District Judge.

Introduction

The 1979 IXTOC I well disaster in the Bay of Campeche has produced a tangle of litigation. Before the Court, at this time, is a series of jurisdictional issues which must be untangled before discovery on the merits can begin.