B. & P. STEAMBOAT CO. v. NORTON

No. 185.

284 U.S. 408 (1932)

BALTIMORE & PHILA. STEAMBOAT CO. ET AL. v. NORTON, DEPUTY COMMISSIONER, ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 11, 1932.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Messrs. Ira A. Campbell and Edwin A. Swingle, with whom Messrs. Cletus Keating, Vernon S. Jones, and Raymond Parmer were on the brief, for petitioners.

Solicitor General Thacher and Messrs. Claude R. Branch, J. Frank Staley, C.M. Hester, and Wm. H. Riley, Jr., filed a memorandum on behalf of respondent Norton, disclaiming any interest in the case on the part of the Government.


MR. JUSTICE BUTLER delivered the opinion of the Court.

This is a suit in equity brought by petitioners in the District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania to set aside as not in accordance with law an order of the deputy commissioner awarding compensation to Gube under the Longshoremen's and Harbor Workers' Act of March 4, 1927, 44 Stat. 1427, 33 U.S.C., § 900 et seq. The District Court dismissed the cause, 40 F.2d 530

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