United States v. Central Eureka Mining Co.

In the interest of national defense, the War Production Board, in 1942, issued its Limitation Order L-2081 ordering nonessential gold mines to close down. This litigation was instituted in the Court of Claims to recover compensation from the United States for its alleged taking, under such order, of respondents’ rights to operate their respective gold mines. Two issues are now presented. First, whether the Act of July 14, 1952,2 granting jurisdiction to the Court of Claims to entertain the claims arising out of L-208, was a mandate to that court to award compensation for whatever losses were…