Legal Opinion

Standard Oil Co. v. Markham

District Court, S.D. New York

Decided June 6, 1945PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

WYZANSKI, District Judge.

This is an action under Sec. 9(a) of the Trading With the Enemy Act, 50 U.S.C.A. Appendix § 9(a). Standard Oil Company and three associated companies have brought this action to recover from the Alien Property Custodian thousands of United States patents and certain shares of stock in various corporations. Plaintiffs allege that they are the owners of these assets; that they acquired them, with a single exception, from I. G. Farbenin-dustrie by outright purchase; that the Custodian vested these assets in himself by two vesting orders; and that plaintiffs are entitled…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Connolly v. Union Sewer Pipe Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1902
  2. Morton Salt Co. v. G. S. Suppiger Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1942
  3. Sola Electric Co. v. Jefferson Electric Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1942
  4. Geddes v. Anaconda Copper Mining Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1921
  5. Continental Wall Paper Co. v. Louis Voight & Sons Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1909

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3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Carter v. Twentieth Century-Fox Film CorporationDistrict Court, W.D. Missouri · 1955
  2. Standard Oil Co. v. MarkhamDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1945
  3. Hughes Tool Co. v. Motion Picture Ass'n of America, Inc.District Court, S.D. New York · 1946
  4. Vines v. General Outdoor Advertising Co.District Court, S.D. New York · 1947

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