United States v. Zenith-Godley Co.

The United States brought eight separate actions in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, seeking to recover from each of the eight appellants money paid to them for butter inventory by Commodity Credit Corporation, an instrumentality of the plaintiff. The Government claimed that these payments were made without authority. The eight actions were consolidated into one, a motion for summary judgment by the United States was granted, and the several repayments were ordered. The opinion of the trial judge, reported at 180 F.Supp. 611, sets forth in detail the…