Case Name: Andrew Anthony AHO, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1967-03-23
Citations: 374 F.2d 885
Docket Number: No. 23866
Parties: Andrew Anthony AHO, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.
Judges: 
Reporter: Federal Reporter 2d Series
Volume: 374
Pages: 885–886

Head Matter:
Andrew Anthony AHO, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.
No. 23866.
United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.
March 23, 1967.
Charles R. Maloney, New Orleans, La., for appellant.
Richard S. Salzman, Morton Hollander, Jack H. Weiner, Attys., Dept, of Justice, Washington, D. C., Barefoot Sanders, Asst. Atty. Gen., Louis C. LaCour, U. S. Atty., for appellee.
Before BROWN, MOORE and BELL, Circuit Judges.
Of the Second Circuit, sitting by designation.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
Presented again is the question whether Yaka, which rejected literal application of the exclusive liability section as to private shipowners, 33 U.S.C.A. § 905, permits the same result as to seamen on public vessels under a similar exclusive provision in the Federal Employees' Compensation Act, 5 U.S.C.A. § 757 (b), in a suit under the Public Vessels Act, 46 U.S.C.A. § 781-790.
In Suhar v. United States, 5 Cir., 1965, 351 F.2d 952, without saying so we necessarily rejected this contention which had been specifically urged. The result was the same in our earlier decision in- Jarvis v. United States, 5 Cir., 1965, 342 F.2d 799, cert, denied, 1965, 382 U.S. 831, 86 S.Ct. 70, 15 L.Ed.2d 75. Since then two things of significance have occurred. The Supreme Court in Amell v. United States, 1966, 384 U.S. 158, 86 S.Ct. 1384, 16 L.Ed.2d 445, 447, expressly recognized the continuing vitality of its earlier decisions on which we specifically relied. More recently and more important it has in effect given specific approval to Jarvis. See United States v. Demko, 1966, 385 U.S. 149, 87 S.Ct. 382, 17 L.Ed.2d 258, 261, note 4.
Affirmed.
. Reed v. SS Yaka, 1963, 373 U.S. 410, 83 S.Ct. 1349, 10 L.Ed.2d 448, 1963 AMC 1373.
. Johansen v. United States, 343 U.S. 427, 72 S.Ct. 849, 96 L.Ed. 1051; Patterson v. United States, 359 U.S. 495, 79 S.Ct. 936, 3 L.Ed.2d 971.