Legal Opinion
Suwannee Steamship Company v. United States
United States Court of Claims
Decided June 8, 1960No. 397-55PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MADDEN, Judge.
The plaintiff sues for $20,000 which, it says, the United States Maritime Commission collected from it, without legal authority.
Two ships, LSD-10 and LSD-11 were after World War II, declared surplus by the Navy and were certified to the Maritime Commission for sale. The Commission in 1947 advertised for bids. The advertisement required that bidders be citizens of the United States. Atlas Metals Corporation submitted a bid of $126,100 per ship. The bid was accepted and the ships were delivered to Atlas in 1948. Atlas was thereafter merged into National Petroleum Transport…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Clapp v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1954
- United States v. EdmonstonSupreme Court of the United States · 1901
- Sprague Steamship Co. v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1959
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