Case Name: Helen Ehret BACH, Eugene G. Bach, III, Janet B. Lashley, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. TRIDENT STEAMSHIP COMPANY, INC., et al., Defendants-Appellees
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1991-12-02
Citations: 947 F.2d 1290
Docket Number: No. 89-3298
Parties: Helen Ehret BACH, Eugene G. Bach, III, Janet B. Lashley, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. TRIDENT STEAMSHIP COMPANY, INC., et al., Defendants-Appellees.
Judges: Before BROWN, JOLLY and DAVIS, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: Federal Reporter 2d Series
Volume: 947
Pages: 1290–1293

Head Matter:
Helen Ehret BACH, Eugene G. Bach, III, Janet B. Lashley, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. TRIDENT STEAMSHIP COMPANY, INC., et al., Defendants-Appellees.
No. 89-3298.
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
Dec. 2, 1991.
Mark W. Smith and Gregory F. Gambel, New Orleans, La., for plaintiffs-appellants.
O’Neill, Eichin, Miller & Breckinridge and Robert H. Murphy, Kenneth J. Servay and Thomas D. Forbes, Chaffe, McCall, Phillips, Toler & Sarpy, New Orleans, La., for defendants-appellees.

Opinion:
ON REMAND FROM THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES
Before BROWN, JOLLY and DAVIS, Circuit Judges.
W. EUGENE DAVIS, Circuit Judge:
This cause has been remanded to us by the Supreme Court — U.S. —, 111 S.Ct. 2253, 114 L.Ed.2d 706, for reconsideration in light of McDermott International, Inc. v. Wilander, 498 U.S. —, 111 S.Ct. 807, 112 L.Ed.2d 866 (1991). The Court in Wil-ander concluded that a maritime worker need not aid in the navigation of a vessel to be a seaman. That holding, however, does not affect this court's conclusion that Bach was not a seaman. We did not base our decision on Bach's seaman status on the relationship of his duties to navigation. Indeed, this issue was never in doubt. Instead, we concluded that Bach was not a seaman because he was not permanently assigned to any particular vessel or fleet of vessels.
Because the rule announced by the Supreme Court in Wilander has no effect on our earlier conclusion, we reinstate our previous judgment. Bach v. Trident S.S. Co., 920 F.2d 322 (5th Cir.1991).
The judgment of the district court is AFFIRMED.