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SMITH-JOHNSON STEAMSHIP CORP. v. UNITED STATES

No. 98-55.

142 F.Supp. 367 (1956)

SMITH-JOHNSON STEAMSHIP CORP. v. The UNITED STATES.

United States Court of Claims.

July 12, 1956.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arthur M. Becker, Washington, D. C., Melvin Spaeth, Gerald B. Greenwald and Becker & Maguire, Washington, D. C., on the brief, for plaintiff.

Leavenworth Colby, Washington, D. C., with whom was George Cochran Doub, Asst. Atty. Gen., for defendant.

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

PER CURIAM.

In our opinion in this case rendered March 6, 1956, 139 F.Supp. 298, which was before us at that time on plaintiff's motion to strike defendant's special defense, we granted that motion, holding that plaintiff's petition was based on a statute and did not arise out of the maritime contract between the United States and plaintiff. Hence, we said the courts of admiralty did not have jurisdiction of such a case and that...

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