Legal Opinion

Uebersee Finanz-Korporation v. Clark

District Court, District of Columbia

Decided February 21, 1949No. 26453PublishedCited by 9 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

LAWS, Chief Judge.

This suit was brought by plaintiff, a corporation of Switzerland, the controlling stock of which is claimed to be beneficially owned by Fritz von Opel, a citizen of Liechtenstein, to recover shares of stock of American corporations vested by the Alien Property Custodian as enemy owned property. The principal issue is whether as of the time of vesting in June and July 1942, the stock was owned or controlled by Fritz von Opel, a neutral, or by his parents, Wilhelm and Marta von Opel, citizens of Germany and “enemies” within the provisions of the Trading with the Enemy Act.

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2Cases cited1 opinion

Clark v. Uebersee Finanz-Korp., AGSupreme Court of the United States · 1947

3Cited by9 opinions

Uebersee Finanz-Korporation, A. G. v. McGrathSupreme Court of the United States · 1952
J. Robert Bonnar v. The United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1971
Fritz Von Opel v. Herbert Brownell, Jr., Attorney General, as Successor to the Alien Property CustodianCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1957
Uebersee Finanz-Korporation, A.G. v. BrownellDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1955
Von Clemm v. SmithDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1965

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