Legal Opinion
Cors v. United States
United States Court of Claims
Decided January 5, 1948No. 46796PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWhitaker, Judge
On October 15, 1942, defendant requisitioned plaintiff’s steamship MacArthur. The War Shipping Administration determined that $9,000 was just compensation. Upon plaintiff’s rejection of this award there was paid to him the sum of $6,750, being 75 percent of the amount of the •award as required by the Merchant Marine Act of 1936 as amended (53 Stat. 1254, 1255). He sues for what he says is just compensation.
*78The vessel was built in 1895 for the Coast Guard, and was operated by it until about March 19, 1942, when it was sold to the highest bidder for $2,875.00. Plaintiff, the purchaser, spent…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- United States v. MillerSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
- Olson v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1934
- Monongahela Navigation Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1893
- Boom Co. v. PattersonSupreme Court of the United States · 1879
- United States v. Chandler-Dunbar Water Power Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1913
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3Cited by6 opinions
- United States v. CorsSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
- Toronto, Hamilton & Buffalo Navigation Co. v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1950
- American-Hawaiian S. S. Co. v. United StatesDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1950
- American-Hawaman Steamship Co. v. United States. the AlaskanCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1951
- American-Hawaman Steamship Co. v. United States. the AlaskanCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1951
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