Riggs v. Scindia Steam Navigation Co.

Full title: MICHAEL RIGGS, PLAINTIFF-APPELLANT, v. SCINDIA STEAM NAVIGATION CO., LTD.…

Court: United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit

Date published: Sep 30, 1994

35 F.3d 1466 (9th Cir. 1994)

Opinion

No. 92-55139.

September 30, 1994.

On Remand from the United States Supreme Court.

Before: WOOD, Jr.,^_ REINHARDT, and RYMER, Circuit Judges.

_ Honorable Harlington Wood, Jr., Senior United States Circuit Judge, Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals, sitting by designation.

ORDER

The Supreme Court vacated our opinion, reprinted at 8 F.3d 1442, and remanded the case to this court for further consideration in light of Howlett v. Birkdale Shipping Co., S.A., ___ U.S. ___, ___, 114 S.Ct. 2057, 2064, 129 L.Ed.2d 78 (1994). Accordingly, consistent with the Howlett decision, we now affirm the district court's grant of summary judgment to the vessel. The district court's decision is

AFFIRMED.