Kobilkin v. Pillsbury

MATHEWS, Circuit Judge (concurring).

This suit was brought by appellant, John T. Kobilkin, against appellees, Warren H. Pillsbury, as Deputy Commissioner of the United States Employees’ Compensation Commission, and Matson Navigation Company, in the District Court of the United States for the Northern District of ‘ California, 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’ Compensation…