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UNITED STATES LINES COMPANY v. THE UNITED STATES

No. 140-53.

124 F.Supp. 375 (1954)

UNITED STATES LINES COMPANY, v. THE UNITED STATES.

United States Court of Claims.

October 5, 1954.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Walter P. Hickey, Washington, D. C., for plaintiff. Cletus Keating, Vernon S. Jones, and James B. Magnor, New York City, were on the briefs.

Leavenworth Colby, Washington, D. C., with whom was Asst. Atty. Gen. Warren E. Burger, for defendant. J. Frank Staley, Washington, D. C., and E. Robert Seaver, Kansas City, Mo., were on the briefs.

Before JONES, Chief Judge, and LITTLETON, WHITAKER, MADDEN and LARAMORE, Judges.

WHITAKER, Judge.

This case is before us on defendant's motion to dismiss plaintiff's petition on the ground that exclusive jurisdiction of the cause of action therein asserted is in the United States District Court sitting in admiralty.

The petition alleges that from March 10, 1942, through September 10, 1942, its motor vessel American Leader "was being operated for the administrator of the War Shipping Administration by the plaintiff, United States Lines...

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