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LIRETTE v. N.L. SPERRY SUN, INC.

No. 86-3373.

831 F.2d 554 (1987)

Norris LIRETTE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. N.L. SPERRY SUN, INC. and Quarles Drilling Company, Defendant-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

November 5, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gayle A. Reynolds, Gretna, La., for Lirette.

Timothy F. Burr, New Orleans, La., for Sperry.

Elizabeth H. Ryan, Wood Brown, III, New Orleans, La., for Quales Drilling.

Before CLARK, Chief Judge, GOLDBERG and GEE, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

Norris Lirette appeals the district court's dismissal of his Jones Act claims against N.L. Sperry Sun, Inc. and Quarles Drilling Company. Finding that Lirette was not a Jones Act seaman because he was not assigned to an identifiable vessel or fleet of vessels, we affirm.

I.

This appeal reaches us through a circuitous route. Norris Lirette filed a claim under the Jones Act, 46 U.S.C. § 688...

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