Legal Opinion

Richfield Oil Corporation, a Corporation v. United States

Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Decided August 21, 1957No. 15296_1PublishedCited by 22 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

POPE, Circuit Judge.

Appellant filed its amended libel in the court below seeking recovery from the United States under the provisions of the Suits in Admiralty Act (46 U.S.C.A. § 741 et seq.), of a sum alleged to have been improperly exacted from the appellant and unjustly received by the United States.

The early history of the controversy between Richfield and the United States, and the circumstances out of which this suit arose, is related at some length in the earlier case of Richfield Oil Corp. v. United States, 9 Cir., 207 F.2d 864. This court affirmed the decision of the district court…

2Cases cited21 opinions

  1. McAllister v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
  2. United States v. Munsey Trust Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1947
  3. Petterson v. Alaska S. S. Co., IncCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1953
  4. EJ DuPont De Nemours & Co. v. VanceSupreme Court of the United States · 1857
  5. Petterson Lighterage & T. Corp. v. New York Central R. Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1942

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3Cited by22 opinions

  1. United States v. $39,000 in Canadian CurrencyCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1986
  2. Empire Seafoods, Inc. v. AndersonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1968
  3. United States v. James P. Staples, Bernard D. Oslin, Richard C. CooperCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1958
  4. Jerome S. Murray v. Irving S. LichtmanCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1964
  5. Carmine D'AgostA v. Royal Netherlands Steamship Co., and Third-Party v. Maude James, Inc., Third-PartyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1962

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