Legal Opinion
Brooks-Scanlon Corp. v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided May 12, 1924No. 367, 385PublishedCited by 214 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Butler
This case arises out of the exertion of the power of requisition conferred on the President by c. 29, 40 Stat. 182, approved June 15, 1917, known as the Emergency Shipping Act. There is involved the question whether a certain contract for the construction of a ship was requisitioned: and if it was, upon what basis is just compensation to be ascertained.
The act empowered the President (a) to order from any person for government use ships or ship material of kind and quantity usually produced by such person; (b) to requisition contracts for the building of ships; (c) to require the owner of any…
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