New York & Cuba Mail Steamship Company v. Sinclair Weeks, Secretary of Commerce

This case presents problems similar to those involved in National Enforcement Commission v. Slim Olson, Inc., 1955, 95 U.S.App.D.C. 218, 221 F.2d 92.

The plaintiff-appellant, which conducted its shipping business under an operating-differential subsidy contract with the Maritime Commission, filed this action for a mandatory injunction and declaratory judgment against the appellees. The complaint sought a ruling that the plaintiff had expended the amount of $1,161,407.48 for the purchase and reconstruction of two ships, the SS Oriente and the SS Siboney, for use in its subsidized operations on…