Isthmian Lines, Inc. v. Rosling

MOORE, Circuit Judge:

Isthmian Lines, Inc., as Claimant of the S.S. Steel Age, seeks a writ of mandamus or prohibition against the Honorable George Rosling of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York, by means of which writ it desires to have a pending libel dismissed *927because of alleged jurisdictional defects. Only a detailed chronological review of the prior proceedings will adequately disclose the state of confusion which surrounds this litigation from its inception to date.

March 22,1962: Charles Richard Washington injured on “Steel Age.”

March 23, 1962:…