Kamen Soap Products Co. v. United States

JONES, Chief Judge.

This action is presently before the court on defendant’s motions to quash certain subpoenas duces tecum issued on behalf of the plaintiff and served on the Attorney General, James P. McGranery, the Secretary of the Army, Frank Pace, the Comptroller General, Lindsay C. Warren, and the Administrator of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Harry A. McDonald.

The petition in this action was filed on March 13, 1950, stating a claim for damages for breach of a contract for the sale and delivery of soap by the plaintiff to the Government. The petition alleges that plaintiff…