Sudametal Sociedad Anonima Sud Americana De Metales y Minerales v. United States

In view of the Supreme Court’s decision of March 27,1950, in the case of United States v. Commodities Trading Corpora*790tion, et al., 389 U. S. 121, the defendant’s motion for a new trial in the instant case must be allowed. In the Commodities case* the Supreme Court held that in the absence of unusual circumstances the ceiling price determined the measure of just compensation for the requisitioning of property,.In the instant case we allowed plaintiff just compensation based upon 54.79 cents á pound for the 54,180 pounds of tin which defendant requisitioned. However, the ceiling price for tin…