gress by the Longshoremen's Act accepted the Jensen line
of demarcation between State and federal jurisdiction, had proceeded to
hold that, in shadowy cases where the claimant was in a twilight zone he
was entitled to recover under the State statute in the absence of
federal administrative action under the Longshoremen's Act on the ground
of its constitutionality. In brief it would seem that in shadowy cases a
claimant may elect either a federal court applying the Longshoremen's
Act or a State forum applying the State compensation law.

[399] 317 U.S. 219, 259.

[400] 21 Wall. 558 (1875).

[401] Ibid. 572.

[402] Ibid. 574-575.

[403] The "Lottawanna," 21 Wall. 558, 577.

[404] In re Garnett, 141 U.S. 1, 12 (1891).

[405] Ibid. 14.

[406] 244 U.S. 205, 215 (1917), citing Butler _v._ Boston & Savannah
S.S. Co., 130 U.S. 527 (1889), and In re Garnett, 141 U.S. 1 (1891).

[407] 253 U.S. 149, 160 (1920).

[408] 328 U.S. 1, 5 (1946), citing O'Donnell _v._ Great Lakes Dredge &
Dock Co., 318 U.S. 36, 40 (1943), and the cases cited therein.

[409] Davis _v._ Department of Labor, 317 U.S. 249 (1942).

[410] 2 Commentaries (2d ed., Boston, 1851), Sec. 1674.

[411] Dugan _v._ United States, 3 Wheat. 172 (1818).

[412] United States _v._ San Jacinto Tin Co., 125 U.S. 273 (1888);
United States _v._ Beebe, 127 U.S. 338 (1888); United States _v._
American Bell Tel. Co., 128 U.S. 315 (1888).

[413] United States _v._ San Jacinto Tin Co., 125 U.S. 273 (1888).

[414] 28 U.S.C.A. Sec. 1331-1332. The original jurisdiction of the Supreme
Court does not extend to suits brought by the United States against
persons or corporations alone. _See also_ Revised Statutes, Sec. 565, 629.
United States _v._ West Virginia, 295 U.S. 463 (1935).

[415] 136 U.S. 211 (1890).

[416] United States _v._ Texas, 143 U.S. 621 (1892).

[417] Ibid. 642-646. This suit, it may be noted, was specifically
authorized by the act of Congress of May 2, 1890, providing for a
temporary government for the Oklahoma territory to determine the
ownership of Greer County. 26 Stat. 81, 92, Sec. 25.

[418] United States _v._ Minnesota, 270 U.S. 181 (1926). For an earlier
suit against a State by the United States, _see_ United States _v._
Michigan, 190 U.S. 379 (1903).

[419] 295 U.S. 463, 471-475 (1935).

[420] United States _v._ Utah, 283 U.S. 64 (1931).

[421] United States _v._ California, 332 U.S. 19 (1947).

[422] United States _v._ Louisiana, 339