Legal Opinion
United States v. Cors
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided October 10, 1949No. 132PublishedCited by 184 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Justice- Douglas
delivered the opinion of the Court.
This is a suit in the Court of Claims under §-902 of the Merchant Marine Act of 1936, 49 Stat. 2015, as amended, 53 Stat. 1255, 46 U. S. C. § 1242, to recover the balance of “just compensation” alleged to be due respondent from the United States for requisitioning his steam tug, the MacArthur, in October, 1942. The tug was a Coast Guard boat built in 1895 and used by it in harbor duties at Baltimore until 1939. It was then transferred to the Coast Guard base at Portland, Maine. *327In September, 1941, the Coast Guard advertised it for sale…
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