Connor v. United States

BARD, District Judge. •

This case is now before me on plaintiff’s petition for rehearing of the United States of America’s motion to dismiss the libel for lack of jurisdiction, which motion I granted on December 28, 1949. See Connor v. United States et al., D.C., 87 F.Supp. 847.

The libellant is a longshoreman who was injured on land on October-5, 1945. while loading- the vessel the S. S. “Tabitha Brown”. The libel was filed against the United States of America and the United States Maritime Commission on October 2, 1947.

I ruled in my former opinion that this case was not governed by the Suits…