Perna v. United States Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corp.
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
At Daw. Action by Joseph Perna against the United States Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corporation. On motion to set aside verdict and for new trial.
1Opinion of the Court
THOMPSON, District Judge.
The question of immunity from suit of the Fleet Corporation, raised upon the present motion, will inevitably be settled by an appellate court. This case, along with other cases in which the same questions are raised, will not be expedited in reaching an appellate court through the granting of a new trial.
The decision of this court in United States v. Carlin, 259 Fed. 904, merely involves the question whether a fraud, the effect of which was to fictitiously increase the contract actual cost of the shipyard at Hog Island, or the vessels being constructed there, the…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Gould Coupler Co. v. U. S. Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corp.District Court, S.D. New York · 1919
- United States v. CarlinDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1917
- United States v. Union Timber Products Co.District Court, W.D. Washington · 1919
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- Banque-Russo Asiatique-London v. United States Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corp.District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1920
- Wallace v. United States Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corp.District Court, W.D. Washington · 1925