Pan American World Airways, Inc. v. United States

MADDEN, Judge.

This is an action filed by plaintiff Pan American World Airways, Inc., an air carrier, in which it seeks to recover the sum of $207,092.50. The complaint recites that this amount was exacted from plaintiff by the Immigration and Naturalization Service for detention of United States citizens, passengers on plaintiff’s airline, who were seeking to enter the United States; that the expenses *683were illegally exacted from plaintiff during the period May 25,1947, to December 24, 1952, under color of statutes1 and of regulations and rulings of the Immigration and Naturalization Service.2…