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LANIER v. UNITED STATES

No. 25700.

459 F.2d 61 (1972)

Louis R. LANIER, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

April 18, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alfred G. Johnson (argued) of Sullivan & Sullivan, San Francisco, Cal., for appellant.

Jack G. Knebel (argued), Norman B. Richards, of McCutchen, Doyle, Brown & Enersen, Lawrence F. Ledebur, Chief, Admiralty & Shipping Sect., Dept. of Justice, James L. Browning, Jr., U. S. Atty., San Francisco, Cal., for appellee.

Before KOELSCH and GOODWIN, Circuit Judges, and CARR, District Judge.

PER CURIAM:

A merchant seaman appeals a summary judgment which held, in effect, that the owner of the ship has no duty to furnish land transportation to members of the crew ashore on liberty in Saigon, Republic of Vietnam.

The plaintiff in this admiralty action was injured when a motor bicycle operated for hire by an enterprising Viet-namese carried him into a collision with another vehicle in Saigon-bound traffic.

The plaintiff asserted that the shipowner...

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