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MATSON NAVIGATION COMPANY v. UNITED STATES

No. 27470.

173 F.Supp. 562 (1959)

MATSON NAVIGATION COMPANY, a corporation, Libelant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Respondent.

United States District Court N. D. California, S. D.

April 23, 1959.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Samuel L. Holmes, Brobeck, Phieger & Harrison, San Francisco, Cal., for libelant.

Robert H. Schnacke, U. S. Atty., San Francisco, Cal., Keith R. Ferguson, Sp. Asst. to Atty. Gen., Graydon S. Staring, Atty., Admiralty and Shipping Section, Dept. of Justice, San Francisco, Cal., for respondent.

GOODMAN, Chief Judge.

This libel arises out of the death of a longshoreman employed by the United States who was killed in a fall while unloading cargo belonging to the United States from a vessel owned and operated by libelant Matson. Because of the longshoreman's status as an employee of the United States, his widow and minor children were awarded compensation pursuant to the Federal Employees' Compensation Act, 5 U.S.C.A. § 751 et seq. Thereafter, the widow...

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