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WILLIAMS v. CENTRAL GULF LINES

No. 88-3274.

874 F.2d 1058 (1989)

Wilbert WILLIAMS, Personal Representative of the Estate of Ballard Williams, Deceased, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CENTRAL GULF LINES, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

June 12, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Walter Z. Steinman, Philadelphia, Pa. and A. Scott Tillery, Tillery & Tillery, Chalmette, La., for plaintiff-appellant.

Thomas J. Schoenbaum, Grady S. Hurley, and J. Daniel Rayburn, Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carrere & Denegre, New Orleans, La., for defendant-appellee.

Before THORNBERRY, GEE and POLITZ, Circuit Judges.

THORNBERRY, Circuit Judge:

The issue in this case is whether the exclusivity provision contained in the Suits in Admiralty Act, 46 U.S.C.App. §§ 741-745, operates under the present circumstances to bar the plaintiff-appellant's suit against a private maritime employer. The district court held that the plaintiff's sole remedy was against the United States and dismissed the present suit because the only named defendant...

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