Legal Opinion
Turney v. United States
United States Court of Claims
Decided September 30, 1953No. 48724PublishedCited by 64 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MADDEN, Judge.
The plaintiff sues for just compensation under the Fifth Amendment or, in the alternative, for damages for breach of contract. The claim arises out of the alleged taking by the Government of a large quantity of radar equipment.
Leyte Air Depot was established at Tacloban on the island of Leyte in the Philippines to support the American forces after they had landed on that island in October 1944, in the course of retaking the Philippines from the Japanese. The depot was stocked with military equipment, a portion of which was “roll-up” equipment, that is, equipment which had been…
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