United States Fifth Circuit

Denial of plaintiff's motion to remand and the dismissal of plaintiff's Jones Act and general maritime law personal injury suit against defendants is reversed where the craft at issue was a vessel for purposes of the Jones Act. (Substituted opinion, original withdrawn.)

Appellate Information

• Decided 01/19/2006
• Published 01/19/2006

Judges

• WIENER, Circuit Judge:, Before WIENER, DeMOSS, and PRADO, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Fifth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Victor L. Marcello (argued), Talbot, Carmouche & Marcello, Gonzales, LA, for Holmes., David W. Robertson, Austin, TX, pro se and for Sturley, Amicus Curiae.


• For Appellees:
  
• Kenneth G. Engerrand, Brown Sims, Houston, TX, for Defendants-Appellees.