Legal Opinion
United States v. Onassis
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided September 9, 1954No. 1647-53PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
YOUNGDAHL, District Judge.
This is one of a series of cases arising out of the disposition of surplus vessels after the Second World War. At that time there were many surplus vessels which had been built to carry supplies and troops. As a result, Congress passed The Merchant Ship Sales Act of 1946, 50 U.S.C.A.Appendix, § 1735 et seq., which gave authority to the Maritime Commission to sell the vessels and set a price formula for the Commission to follow in selling them. The Act is merely directory to the Commission. It contains no penal provisions. Among other things, the Act provides that…
2Cases cited33 opinions
- Boyd v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
- Screws v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
- Hale v. HenkelSupreme Court of the United States · 1906
- Counselman v. HitchcockSupreme Court of the United States · 1892
- American Communications Assn. v. DoudsSupreme Court of the United States · 1950
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3Cited by27 opinions
- Bellis v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Arthur Marcus v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1962
- United States v. BrennanDistrict Court, D. Minnesota · 1955
- Fielder v. Berkeley Properties Co.California Court of Appeal · 1972
- In the Matter of United States of America v. Harry G. SilversteinCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1963
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