Legal Opinion

Kearney v. United States

United States Court of Claims

Decided January 18, 1961No. 139-59PublishedCited by 12 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

JONES, Chief Judge.

This suit is a faint echo of the resounding litigation which became known as Dollar v. Land. The plaintiffs allege that they were employed on behalf of R. Stanley Dollar, the Dollar Steamship Line and others1 to institute suit against the officials of the United States Maritime Commission to recover certain shares of common and preferred stock of the Dollar Steamship Line, Inc., Ltd. It was the contention of the Dollars that these shares were surrendered to the Maritime Commission in 1938 as substituted collateral to secure a debt due the Commission. The debt was fully…

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. Land v. DollarSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
  2. Dollar v. Land, Chairman, United States Maritime CommissionCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1950
  3. Dollar v. LandCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1946
  4. Land v. Dollar Sawyer, Secretary of Commerce v. DollarCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1951
  5. Land v. DollarSupreme Court of the United States · 1951

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3Cited by12 opinions

  1. United States v. KimCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2015
  2. Consumer Fin. Prot. Bureau v. RD Legal Funding, LLCDistrict Court, S.D. Illinois · 2018
  3. United States v. Transocean Air Lines, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1968
  4. Kearney v. A'HearnDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1962
  5. Murdaugh Stuart Madden and Clifford J. Hynning v. The United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1967

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