AINSWORTH, District Judge.
The validity of Louisiana's Watercraft Statute [LSA-R.S. 13:3479-13:3482 (1950)] is challenged on the ground that it is in conflict with General Admiralty Rules 1 and 2, 28 U.S.C.A.
In a libel in admiralty libelant alleged that he was injured while in the course and scope of his employment as a stevedore aboard the vessel SS ASOHARU MARU while afloat in the harbor of New Orleans, Louisiana, and that...
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