Twin Harbor Stevedoring & Tug Co. v. Marshall

This suit was brought by appellants, Twin Harbor Stevedoring & Tug Company and Fireman’s Fund Insurance Company, against appellees, William A. Marshall, as Deputy Commissioner of the United States Employees’ Compensation Commission, and Otto Hugo, in the District Court of the United States for the Western District of Washington, under § 21(b) of the Longshoremen’s and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act.1

The suit was brought in the right court, but on the wrong side of the court. It was brought in equity. It should have been brought in admiralty. The Longshoremen’s and Harbor Workers’…