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PARKER v. SOUTH LOUISIANA CONTRACTORS, INC.

No. 75-2075.

537 F.2d 113 (1976)

Robert Lee PARKER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. SOUTH LOUISIANA CONTRACTORS, INC., et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied September 17, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven B. Witman, Louis R. Koerner, Jr., New Orleans, La., for plaintiff-appellant.

Donald L. King, New Orleans, La., for So. La. Contractors, Inc., and others.

Winston E. Rice, James H. Roussel, New Orleans, La., for H. J. Serrette.

Stephen T. Victory, New Orleans, La., for Martin Exploration Corp.

Before TUTTLE, AINSWORTH and CLARK, Circuit Judges.

Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied September 17, 1976.

AINSWORTH, Circuit Judge:

This tort action raises a number of jurisdictional questions concerned primarily with the scope of federal judicial power to adjudicate maritime claims, particularly in view of the 1972 Amendments to the Longshoremen's and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act (hereinafter referred to as the "LHWCA" or simply as "the Act").1 Robert Lee Parker filed...

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