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FANNING v. UNITED FRUIT COMPANY

No. 10004.

355 F.2d 147 (1966)

Dewey FANNING, Appellant, v. UNITED FRUIT COMPANY, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fourth Circuit.

Decided January 4, 1966.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C. Arthur Rutter, Jr., Norfolk, Va. (Gerald Rubinger and Amato, Babalas, Breit, Cohen, Rutter & Friedman, Norfolk, Va., on brief), for appellant.

Charles R. Dalton, Jr., Norfolk, Va. (Seawell, McCoy, Winston & Dalton, Norfolk, Va., on brief), for appellee.

Before SOBELOFF and BRYAN, Circuit Judges, and MICHIE, District Judge.

SOBELOFF, Circuit Judge:

The question to be decided is whether for Jones Act venue purposes a corporate defendant's residence includes a judicial district in which the corporation is doing business as well as the district of its incorporation.

Dewey Fanning, a seaman, instituted in the District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia an action under the Jones Act, 46 U.S.C.A. § 688, against his employer-shipowner. The District Judge granted the defendant...

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