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Caltex (Philippines), Inc. v. United States

United States Court of Claims

Decided July 13, 1954No. 48322PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtWhitaker, Judge

Plaintiff sues to recover just compensation for its petroleum products stored at Cebu, Philippine Islands, which it alleges the defendant seized on December 8, 1941, immediately following the attack on the Philippines by Japan.

In November 1941 the Chief Quartermaster of the United States Armed Forces in the Far East, designated as USAFFE, ordered Colonel John D. Cook to proceed to Cebu and there to establish an Advanced Quartermaster Depot, of which he was to take command. This Advanced Depot was established to supply the Philippine Army which was then being mobilized and integrated into the…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Bowles v. WillinghamSupreme Court of the United States · 1944
  2. United States v. North American Transportation & Trading Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1920
  3. United States v. Caltex (Philippines), Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1953
  4. Ball Engineering Co. v. J. G. White & Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1919
  5. Neumaticos Goodyear S. A. v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1947

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3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Franco-Italian Packing Co. v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1955
  2. Standard-Vacuum Oil Co. v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1955
  3. Anderson, Clayton & Co. v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1954
  4. Hongkong & Shanghai Banking Corp. v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1956
  5. Standard-Vacuum Oil Co. v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1958

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