Land v. Dollar Sawyer, Secretary of Commerce v. Dollar
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
1Opinion of the Court
Findings of Fact
1. Asserting that the transfer of shares amounting to 92 percent of the voting control of what is now American President Lines, Ltd., to the United States Maritime Commission, which occurred in 1938, was a pledge to secure indebtedness, and that, the indebtedness having been paid, the pledgors were entitled to have the pledged shares returned to them, the Dollar interests sued the then members of the Maritime Commission to recover possession.
The defense of the members of the Commission was that the 1938 transaction was an outright transfer to the United States and that they…
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2Cases cited25 opinions
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- Land v. DollarSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
- United States v. LeeSupreme Court of the United States · 1882
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