TEXPORTS STEVEDORE CO. v. WINCHESTER

No. 76-4100.

632 F.2d 504 (1980)

TEXPORTS STEVEDORE COMPANY and Texas Employers' Insurance Association, Petitioners, v. Murl J. WINCHESTER and Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs, U.S. Department of Labor, Respondents.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

December 10, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

E. D. Vickery, W. Robins Brice, Houston, Tex., for petitioners.

Ronald E. Meisburg, Joshua T. Gillelan, II, Attys., Dept. of Labor, Washington, D. C., for respondents.

Before COLEMAN, Chief Judge, AINSWORTH, GODBOLD, CHARLES CLARK, RONEY, GEE, TJOFLAT, HILL, FAY, RUBIN, VANCE, KRAVITCH, FRANK M. JOHNSON, Jr., GARZA, HENDERSON, REAVLEY, POLITZ, HATCHETT, ANDERSON, RANDALL, TATE, SAM D. JOHNSON and THOMAS A. CLARK, Circuit Judges.


FAY, Circuit Judge:

We granted the petition for rehearing, 5th Cir., 569 F.2d 428, to reconsider the definition of an "adjoining area" or maritime situs under 33 U.S.C. § 903(a) (1976) of the 1972 amendments to the Longshoremen's and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act. The prior decisions, 5th Cir., 554 F.2d 245; 5th Cir., 561 F.2d 1213, finding that the claimant...

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