Idaho Maryland Mines Corp. v. United States

LITTLETON, Judge.

This case arises out of an alleged taking, under and within the meaning of the Fifth Amendment to the Constitution, of plaintiff’s gold mining properties in the County of Nevada, California, by virtue of the complete closing of plaintiff’s mine by the War Production Board pursuant to Limitation Order L-208, issued by that Board, which order, plaintiff insists, upon the facts alleged, was arbitrary and violative of plaintiff’s property rights with respect to the operation of its gold mining properties.

The original petition in this case was filed on June 4, 1951. Defendant’s…