JOHNSON v. OFFSHORE TANKERS SERVICE, INC.

No. 85-6304.

789 F.2d 1417 (1986)

Charles H. JOHNSON, George G. Sanders, Richard A. Entenmann and Andrew Perry Bleeker, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. OFFSHORE TANKERS SERVICE, INC., Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided May 20, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul Miller, Houston, Tex., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Clifford E. Jordan, Santa Barbara, Cal., for defendant-appellee.

Before PREGERSON and BEEZER, Circuit Judges, and JAMESON, Senior District Judge.


PREGERSON, Circuit Judge.

Charles Johnson, George Sanders, Richard Entenmann, and Andrew Bleeker appeal from an order of the district court granting summary judgment against them in their action for earned wages and penalty wages under 46 U.S.C. § 596. Johnson contends that the district court erred in concluding that he was not a "seaman" within the meaning of 46 U.S.C. § 713, and that therefore he was not entitled to maintain an action under section 596...

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