Case Name: Elmo PIERCE, Appellant, v. ELK TOWING COMPANY; Howard BROWN, Appellant, v. ISLAND CREEK COAL COMPANY; Dallas WISE, Appellant, v. RIVER MARINE SERVICE, INC.; James E. NEELY, Appellant, v. MISSISSIPPI VALLEY BARGE LINE COMPANY
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1966-04-20
Citations: 364 F.2d 504
Docket Number: No. 15546; No. 15559; No. 15706; No. 15740
Parties: Elmo PIERCE, Appellant, v. ELK TOWING COMPANY. Howard BROWN, Appellant, v. ISLAND CREEK COAL COMPANY. Dallas WISE, Appellant, v. RIVER MARINE SERVICE, INC. James E. NEELY, Appellant, v. MISSISSIPPI VALLEY BARGE LINE COMPANY.
Judges: 
Reporter: Federal Reporter 2d Series
Volume: 364
Pages: 504–505

Head Matter:
Elmo PIERCE, Appellant, v. ELK TOWING COMPANY. Howard BROWN, Appellant, v. ISLAND CREEK COAL COMPANY. Dallas WISE, Appellant, v. RIVER MARINE SERVICE, INC. James E. NEELY, Appellant, v. MISSISSIPPI VALLEY BARGE LINE COMPANY.
No. 15546.
No. 15559.
No. 15706.
No. 15740.
United States Court of Appeals Third Circuit.
Submitted March 30, 1966.
Decided April 20, 1966.
On Petition for Rehearing Aug. 3, 1966.
Harry Alan Sherman, Pittsburgh, Pa., for appellant Pierce.
Donald L. Very, Campbell, Thomas & Burke, Pittsburgh, Pa., (Charles E. Lugenbuhl, Lemle & Kelleher, New Orleans, La., on the brief), for appellee Elk Towing Co.
Hymen Sehlesinger, Pittsburgh, Pa., for appellants Brown, Wise, and Neely.
Giles J. Gaca, Pringle, Bredin, Thomson, Rhodes & Grigsby, Pittsburgh, Pa., for appellees Island Creek Coal Co. and Mississippi Valley Barge Line Co.
Gerard F. Wrabley, Egler, McGregor & Reinstadtler, Pittsburgh, Pa., for appellee River Marine Service, Inc.
Before STALEY, Chief Judge, GANEY, Circuit Judge, and SHERIDAN, District Judge.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
The issues raised on this appeal involve the application of the general venue provisions of 28 U.S.C. § 1391(c) to suits brought under the Jones Act, 46 U.S.C. § 688. This court has heretofore considered this question and decided that the general venue provisions do not apply to such suits. Leith v. Oil Transport Co., Inc., 321 F.2d 591 (C.A.3, 1963). A panel cannot overrule a prior decision of this court rendered by another panel. This must be done by the court en banc.
The judgment of the district court will be affirmed.