                                                         United States Court of Appeals
                                                                  Fifth Circuit
                                                               F I L E D
                 IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                                                              November 8, 2004
                         FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT
                                                            Charles R. Fulbruge III
                         _____________________                      Clerk

                              No. 04-20286
                         _____________________


     HORIZON OFFSHORE CONTRACTORS, INC.,

                                      Plaintiff-Appellant,

                                versus

     STOLT OFFSHORE, S.A.,

                                      Defendant-Appellee.

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            Appeal from the United States District Court
                 for the Southern District of Texas
                        USDC No. H-03-CV-2086
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Before REAVLEY, WIENER and BENAVIDES, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:*

     The judgment of the district court is affirmed for the

reasons given by that court in its memorandum and opinion of

February 18, 2004.    See also Freudensprung v. Offshore Technical

Services, Inc., 379 F.3d 327, 346 (5th Cir. 2004).

     AFFIRMED.




     *
       Pursuant to 5TH CIR. R. 47.5, the Court has determined that
this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except
under the limited circumstances set forth in 5TH CIR. R. 47.5.4.
