UNITED STATES v. MATSON NAV. CO.

No. 12902.

201 F.2d 610 (1953)

UNITED STATES v. MATSON NAV. CO. et al. THE LOUIE III.

United States Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit.

January 19, 1953.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Holmes Baldridge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Henry L. Hess, U. S. Atty., Portland, Or., Leavenworth Colby and Keith R. Ferguson, Sp. Assts. to Atty. Gen., for appellant.

Gunther F. Krause, Arthur S. Vosburg, Frank McK. Bosch and F. E. Wagner, Portland, Or., for appellees.

Before STEPHENS, HEALY, and BONE, Circuit Judges.


STEPHENS, Circuit Judge.

A unique body of law particularly appropriate to the regulation and settlement of the special problems arising out of sea navigation and commerce has been developed for the "men who go down to the sea in ships" and for the merchants who use the waterways of the world as highways. The maritime law has grown from ancient times to the present day, changing with changing times to meet the objective of common justice. Landlubber courts, nurtured...

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