Task: songer_source

What follows is an opinion from a United States Court of Appeals. Your task is to identify the forum that heard this case immediately before the case came to the court of appeals.

PER CURIAM:
John Kloster, a longshoreman, brought this action for injuries he received while loading pipe from a gondola ear into the S.S. CHATHAM. Kloster alleged unseaworthiness and negligence of the ship’s crew in permitting mooring lines to become slack. The slack, he claims, allowed the CHATHAM to be washed against the pier by the wake of a passing vessel. This movement, he says, caused the ship’s hoisting line to dislodge a section of pipe which struck him. The district court found neither unseaworthiness nor negligence. However, deeming the ease to involve a pierside injury, the court dismissed the suit for lack of admiralty jurisdiction on authority of Victory Carriers v. Law, 404 U.S. 202, 92 S.Ct. 418, 30 L.Ed.2d 383 (1971), and Snydor v. Villain & Fassio et Compania Internazionale di Genova Societa Reunite di Naviagaione S.P.A., 459 F.2d 365 (4th Cir. 1972).
While Kloster’s complaint against the ship and its gear was sufficient" to state a claim within the admiralty jurisdiction of the district court, the findings of fact on the merits of the case are not clearly erroneous. Accordingly, the judgment of the district court is affirmed.

Question: What forum heard this case immediately before the case came to the court of appeals?
A. Federal district court (single judge)
B. 3 judge district court
C. State court
D. Bankruptcy court, referee in bankruptcy, special master
E. Federal magistrate
F. Federal administrative agency
G. Court of Customs & Patent Appeals
H. Court of Claims
I. Court of Military Appeals
J. Tax Court or Tax Board
K. Administrative law judge
L. U.S. Supreme Court (remand)
M. Special DC court (not the US District Court for DC)
N. Earlier appeals court panel
O. Other
P. Not ascertained
Answer:

Answer: A