Legal Opinion
Rushlight v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided September 29, 1958No. 15909PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Per curiam
The Rushlight partnership made a substantial profit on its war contracts for the year 1942. The Secretary of War on December 18, 1945, acting under the provisions of the Renegotiation Act,1 unilaterally determined the partnership to have made excessive profits for the year 1942 in the amount of $80,000. Upon taxpayer’s petition for redetermination filed with the tax court, it reduced on *659September 5, 1956, the amount of excessive profits to $66,700.2 From such a determination, there is no appeal. The act says so.
Suit was brought by the government in the U. S. District Court for the District of…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Bull v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1935
- Stone v. WhiteSupreme Court of the United States · 1937
- Rothensies v. Electric Storage Battery Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1946
- Bass v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1955
3Cited by3 opinions
- United States v. Moore-McCormack Lines, Inc.District Court, D. Maryland · 1961
- P. S. Seymour-Heath v. United States of America and George T. Goggin, Trustee in Bankruptcy, Etc.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1968
- W. A. Rushlight Raymond G. Rushlight Betty Rushlight, and J. M. Sax, a Copartnership, Doing Business as W. A. Rushlight Company v. United States of America, United States of America v. W. A. Rushlight Raymond G. Rushlight Betty Rushlight, and J. M. Sax, a Copartnership, Doing Business as W. A. Rushlight CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1958