Legal Opinion
Puget Sound Stevedoring Co. v. United States
District Court, W.D. Washington
Decided January 27, 1923No. Nos. 7080, 7021PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
NETERER, District Judge.
The Supreme Court, in Blamburg Bros. v. U. S., 43 Sup. Ct. 179, 67 L. Ed. -, decided January 2, 1923, held that the court is without jurisdiction to entertain suit against the United States in personam as substitute for a libel in rem when the United States vessel was not in a port of the United States or of one of her possessions. It is contended by the United States attorney that the same conclusion obtains where the vessel is not within the jurisdiction of the court where the libel is filed. The Supreme Court in Blamburg Bros. v. U. S., supra, says:
“The first…
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