Loucraft Corp. v. Socieded Metalurgica Duro-Felguera

KALODNER, District Judge.

This is a libel in admiralty and is presently before the Court on a motion to dismiss made by the respondent, The Reading Company. The question raised by the motion is narrow: whether this Court, sitting as an Admiralty Court, has jurisdiction over the cause of action set out in the libel against the movant.

It may be noted, incidentally, that there are a number of other actions pending before this Court in which the identical question is raised by the same tactic as here employed. Since the parties are agreed that this case is typical, the opinion will be dis-positive…