United States v. American Renaissance Lines, Inc.

WILKEY, Circuit Judge:

This appeal was taken from an order of the District Court which, in effect, held that the Commodity Credit Corporation [CCC], a government agency, could enforce an oral charter agreement with a private shipping firm, the American Renaissance Lines, Inc. [ARL]. The District Judge denied defendant ARL’s motion for judgment on the pleadings, however, believing that there was “a controlling question of law as to which there is substantial ground for difference of opinion and that an immediate appeal from the order may materially advance the ultimate termina tion of the…