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Columbia Hospital of Richland County v. United States

United States Court of Claims

Decided July 13, 1953No. Congressional No. 17872PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtJoNes, Chief Judge

This is a Congressional reference case. We are asked to determine and report to the House of Representatives the amount, if any, legally or equitably due from the United States to the claimant. The facts are set out in detail in the findings.

On March 7,1942, three agents of the defendant’s Alcohol Tax Unit, Bureau of Internal Revenue, Department of the Treasury, conducted a search for an illegal whiskey still in Lexington County, South Carolina. They had no warrant of arrest. At the request of S. S. Sligh, the agent in charge, J.'A. Watts, deputy sheriff of that county, was aiding in the…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Pope v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1944
  2. Wilber Nat. Bank of Oneonta v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1935
  3. Burkhardt v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1949
  4. Eastern Extension, Australasia & China Telegraph Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1920
  5. Coleman v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1939

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3Cited by3 opinions

  1. National Electronic Laboratories, Inc. v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1960
  2. California Canners & Growers Ass'n v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1984
  3. Columbia Hospital of Richland CountyUnited States Court of Claims · 1954

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