Legal Opinion
Russian Volunteer Fleet v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided February 24, 1931No. 39PublishedCited by 157 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Hughes
The petitioner brought this, suit against the United' States in the Court of Claims to recover just compensation for the requisitioning by the United States Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corporation, under authority delegated to it by the President, of contracts for the construction of two vessels. The Court of Claims dismissed the petition for the want of jurisdiction. 68 Ct. Cls. 32. This Court granted a writ of certiorari. 281 U. S. 711.
The petition, filed in October, 1924, alleged that the petitioner “ is a corporation duly organized under, and by virtue of, the Laws of Russia ”; that in…
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