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MATUTE v. PROCOAST NAV. LTD.

No. 90-5362.

928 F.2d 627 (1991)

Oscar H. MATUTE, Appellant, v. PROCOAST NAVIGATION LTD., Maritime Services G.m.b.h., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided March 22, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Francis J. Dooley, Orange, N.J., for appellant.

George J. Koelzer, Clarkson S. Fisher, Jr., Ober, Kaler, Grimes & Shriver, Edison, N.J., for appellees.

Before COWEN, ALITO, and ROSENN, Circuit Judges.

Resubmitted Under Rule 12(6) March 11, 1991.

OPINION OF THE COURT

ROSENN, Circuit Judge.

This appeal presents two serious questions. The first is whether the district court had subject matter jurisdiction under the Jones Act, 46 U.S.C.App. § 688, of a suit brought for damages by Oscar H. Matute, a Honduran citizen, who was a crew-member of a vessel registered in the Republic of Cyprus. The ship was owned at the time of the alleged injury by...

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