Roosevelt Johnson v. United States of America and Panama Canal Company, Anthony Buckner v. United States of America and Panama Canal Company

The appellants, Roosevelt Johnson, [No. 25485], and Anthony Buckner, [No. 25486], brought suit against the appellees under the General Maritime Law, the Public Vessels Act, 46 U.S.C. § 781 et seq., and the Suits in Admiralty Act, 46 U.S.C. § 741 et seq. seeking re covery for injuries allegedly sustained in the course of their employment as federal employees aboard the SS CRIS-TOBAL, a vessel owned and operated by the Panama Canal Company, a wholly-owned agency and instrumentality of the United States. The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana granted a motion for…