Legal Opinion
Connor v. United States
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided December 28, 1949No. 323 of 1947PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BARD, District Judge.
This is a longshoreman’s action in admiralty to recover damages for injuries sustained 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. It is now before me on the United States of America’s motion to dismiss the libel for lack of jurisdiction.
The United States of America, through the United States Maritime Commission, as successor to the War Shipping Administration, owned The Tabitha Brown. A libel in personam was brought against the…
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3Cited by2 opinions
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