MADDEN, Judge.
The Government has moved for judgment on the pleadings dismissing the petitions herein upon the ground that all of the claims herein are based upon maritime contracts and, under the Suits in Admiralty Act of March 9, 1920, 41 Stat. 525, 46 U.S.C.A. § 741 et seq., could be enforced only in a United States District Court sitting in admiralty.
The plaintiffs are all common carriers by water for hire in foreign commerce. They all carried goods...
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