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LONGMIRE v. SEA DRILLING CORP.

No. 77-2561.

610 F.2d 1342 (1980)

Ronnie W. LONGMIRE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. SEA DRILLING CORP., Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

February 6, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Randy J. Ungar, New Orleans, La., for plaintiff-appellant.

Robert M. Contois, Jr., New Orleans, La., for defendant-appellee.

Before TUTTLE, GOLDBERG and RANDALL, Circuit Judges.

RANDALL, Circuit Judge:

This is a suit by Ronnie Longmire (Longmire) against Sea Drilling Corporation (Sea Drilling) under the Jones Act and the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (OCSLA) seeking recovery for injuries sustained aboard a tender anchored adjacent to a fixed drilling platform on which Sea Drilling had been conducting drilling operations. The district court granted summary judgment in favor of Sea Drilling. It held that Longmire was not a seaman within...

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