Liberty Mut. Ins. v. Pillsbury

MATHEWS, Circuit Judge.

In the District Court of the United States for the Northern District of California, appellants (Liberty Mutual Insurance Company and Contractors Pacific Naval Air Bases) instituted a proceeding against appellees (Warren II. Pillsbury, Deputy Commissioner, of the United States Employees’ Compensation Commission, and Walter L. Wood) under § 21 of the Longshoremen’s and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act, 33 U.S.C.A. § 921. The proceeding was instituted by the filing of a libel, which subsequently was amended. Appellee Pillsbury moved to dismiss the amended libel. The motion…