Latvian State Cargo & Passenger Steamship Line v. United States

Plaintiff sues for just compensation for the taking of its steamship Denny. The defendant has filed a plea to the jurisdiction of the court because, it says, it is not alleged that plaintiff has exhausted its administrative remedy before the Maritime Commission, which is authorized by section 902 of the Merchant Marine Act, as amended (sec. 1242 (d), 46 TJ. S. C.) to determine just compensation for any vessel requisitioned, and that this court has no jurisdiction until this has been done.

Defendant relies alone on our decision in Schaeffer et al. v. United States, No. 49100, 114 C. Cls. 568,…