Certiorari denied.
JUSTICE WHITE, with whom THE CHIEF JUSTICE joins, dissenting.
The Jones Act, 38 Stat. 1185, as amended, 46 U.S.C. § 688(a), provides that "[a]ny seaman who shall suffer personal injury in the course of his employment may, at his election, maintain an action for damages at law . . . ." This case presents the question of who is a "seaman" for purposes of the Jones Act.
The Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, both in this case...
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