Legal Opinion
United States v. Myers
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided January 31, 1944No. Nos. 142—146PublishedCited by 42 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Reed
These five suits were filed in the Court of Claims by respondents, who are customs inspectors stationed at the Port of Detroit. They have been selected as test cases from a larger number of similar suits. No significant difference in the claims as to services rendered or otherwise is pointed out to us, and we see none. Even the periods for which recovery is sought, September 1, 1931, through August 31, 1937, are identical. We shall therefore state the issues and explain our conclusion in terms of the Myers case only, and its determination requires a like result in the other cases.
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2Cases cited6 opinions
- International Railway Co. v. DavidsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1922
- United States v. Algoma Lumber Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1939
- Creek Nation v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
- Mellon v. Minneapolis, St. P. & S. S. M. Ry. Co.District Court, District of Columbia · 1926
- Ferguson v. Port Huron & Sarnia Ferry Co.District Court, E.D. Michigan · 1926
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3Cited by42 opinions
- Anderson v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1956
- United States v. TownsleySupreme Court of the United States · 1945
- Gibney v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1949
- O'Rourke v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1947
- Adams v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1963
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