Vance W. Williams v. Tide Water Associated Oil Company, a Corporation

DENMAN, Chief Judge.

Williams appeals from the district court’s decision in a diversity case holding that the court lacked jurisdiction to entertain in a civil suit with a trial by jury, a sailor’s cause of action against his employing owner of a tanker for her unseaworthiness 1 and one for negligence of his fellow employees 2 each seeking damages for injuries arising from the same facts. The lower court so decided 3 though the courts of appeal of the First, Second, Third and Fifth Circuits hold such jurisdiction exists and no circuit now holds to the contrary. The First, 4 Third 5 and Fifth…