Girdler Corp. v. Charles Eneu Johnson & Co.

GRIM, District Judge.

During World War II there was a critical shortage of carbon black, which was an essential ingredient in the manufacture of synthetic rubber. In order to increase the supply of carbon black the United States Government, through its agency, Defense Plant Corporation, entered into- a contract with Charles Eneu Johnson and Company, the defendant in this case, to design, supervise and operate a plant in New Mexico for the manufacture of carbon black out of natural gas. In order to manufacture carbon black in the required manner it was necessary to obtain from the Girdler…