Legal Opinion
Societe Cotonniere Du Tonkin v. United States
United States Court of Claims
Decided April 8, 1959No. 388-55PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JONES, Chief Judge.
This action involves certain bales of cotton presently stored in warehouses in Saigon, Republic of Vietnam. The plaintiff seeks recovery from the United States on alternative grounds: (1) the Government breached a contract with plaintiff for the purchase of the cotton, or (2) the plaintiff was so dealt with by the Government that a requisitioning of the cotton occurred, for which the Government must pay just compensation.
The plaintiff corporation was formerly engaged in the manufacture of cotton in Vietnam. Its manufacturing activities were conducted in Haiphong and Nam…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- United States v. North American Transportation & Trading Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1920
- Turney v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1953
- Canister Co. v. National Can Corp.District Court, D. Delaware · 1945
- Industrial Products Mfg. Co. v. Jewett Lumber Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1951
- Lord Mfg. Co. v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1949
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- Clark E. Finks, and Francis Arthur Willette, Jr. v. The United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1968
- Cuban Truck & Equipment Co. v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1964
- In Re Estate of TriggArizona Supreme Court · 1967
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