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DAVIS v. HILL ENGINEERING, INC.

No. 75-1842.

549 F.2d 314 (1977)

Jerry Wayne DAVIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. HILL ENGINEERING, INC. and Williams-McWilliams Co., Inc., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied June 17, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert M. Julian, Houston, Tex., for Hill Eng. Inc.

J. Walter Ward, Jr., New Orleans, La., for Williams-McWilliams Co.

Carl R. Roth, Marshall, Tex., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before WISDOM and INGRAHAM, Circuit Judges, and GROOMS, District Judge.

Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied June 17, 1977.

WISDOM, Circuit Judge:

The initial question this case presents is whether a domestic corporation is a resident of all the districts of a multidistrict state of incorporation or of only the district of incorporation. We confront again the riddle of seaman status under the Jones Act,1 and the liability of a shipowner to a Sieracki seaman.2 In...

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