Legal Opinion
C. A. Daniel v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided August 27, 1956No. 15758_1PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RIVES, Circuit Judge.
This appeal is taken from an aggregate district court award to appellee of $6,-000.00, which sum represents treble the statutory recovery of $2,000.00 for each of three fraudulent acts found to have been committed by appellant for the purpose of obtaining certain surplus property of the United States to which he was not entitled, in violation of the Surplus Property Act of 1944, as amended. The statute upon which appellee’s recovery was based reads as follows:
“(b) Every person who shall use or engage in, or cause to be used or engaged in, or enter into an agreement,…
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- Bernstein v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1958
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