Legal Opinion
Smith-Johnson Steamship Corporation v. United States
District Court, D. Delaware
Decided July 2, 1964No. 1755PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LAYTON, District Judge.
This case arises from exceptions and exceptive allegations filed by the cross-respondent, Smith-Johnson Steamship Corp. (hereinafter Smith) in opposition to a cross-libel filed by the United States.
On November 3, 1954, Smith, then a Delaware corporation, voluntarily dissolved itself pursuant to 8 Del.Code, § 275. On November 16, 1956, Smith li-belled the United States in this court to recover certain payments it had made under an allegedly invalid profit-sharing formula in a contract of charter hire with the United States. That suit is still pending.
On June 4, 1963,…
2Cases cited9 opinions
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- Wax v. Riverview Cemetery Co.Superior Court of Delaware · 1942
- United States v. Cummins Distilleries CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1948
- Ross v. Venezuelan-American Independent Oil Pro. Ass'n, Inc.District Court, D. Delaware · 1964
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- Johnson v. Helicopter & Airplane Services Corp.District Court, D. Maryland · 1975
- MBC, INC. v. EngelSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1979
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