Legal Opinion
Federal Crop Ins. Corp. v. Merrill
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided November 10, 1947No. 45PublishedCited by 1,536 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Frankfurter
We brought this case here because it involves a question of importance in the administration of the Federal Crop Insurance Act. 331U. S. 798.
The relevant facts may be briefly stated. Petitioner (hereinafter called the Corporation) is a wholly Government-owned enterprise, created by the Federal Crop Insurance Act, as an “agency of and within the Department of Agriculture.” Sec. 603 of Chapter 30, Act of February 16, 1938, 52 Stat. 72, 7 U. S. C. § 1503, as amended. To carry out the purposes of the Act, the Corporation, “Commencing with the wheat . . . crops planted for harvest in 1945” is…
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