Legal Opinion
South Puerto Rico Sugar Company Trading Corporation v. The United States
United States Court of Claims
Decided July 17, 1964No. 378-61PublishedCited by 58 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DAVIS, Judge.
In 1960 and 1961, plaintiff, a New York corporation, was required by the Government to pay some $6,900,000 as a precondition to the importation into this country of sugar from the Dominican Republic. These “entry fees” were imposed by an executive regulation issued under the Act of July 6, 1960 (Public Law 86-592), 74 Stat. 330. Claiming that the Executive Branch had no authority to impose such “fees,” plaintiff sues to recover its payments.1
The general terrain over which the parties strive was molded long before 1960. The Supreme Court sketched the ground in Secretary of…
2Cases cited48 opinions
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- Banco Nacional De Cuba v. SabbatinoSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Chicago & Southern Air Lines, Inc. v. Waterman Steamship Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1948
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3Cited by58 opinions
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