Legal Opinion
RKO Theatres, Inc. v. United States
United States Court of Claims
Decided July 16, 1958No. 333-56PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
REED, Justice (Retired),
sitting by designation. *
Following a tragic fire that happened in 1942 at a night club, the Cocoanut Grove, in Boston, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts enacted, in 1943, a statute providing for inspection and licensing of buildings of public assembly. Prior to that time the City of Boston granted such licenses under its safety code. Thereafter, by section 4 of Chapter 544 of the Acts and Resolves of the General Court of Massachusetts, licensing authority was given to the State Commissioner of Public Safety.
After the passage of the State legislation, the petitioner’s…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Welch v. HelveringSupreme Court of the United States · 1933
- Deputy, Administratrix v. Du PontSupreme Court of the United States · 1940
- Illinois Merchants Trust Co. v. CommissionerUnited States Board of Tax Appeals · 1926
- Hotel Kingkade v. Commissioner of Internal RevenueCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1950
- Liberty Baking Co. v. HeinerCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1930
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3Cited by16 opinions
- Standard Linen Service, Inc. v. CommissionerUnited States Tax Court · 1959
- Abraham Teitelbaum v. Commissioner of Internal RevenueCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1961
- United States v. General Bancshares Corporation, General Bancshares Corporation v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1968
- Transamerica Corporation v. United StatesDistrict Court, N.D. California · 1966
- Woolrich Woolen Mills v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1961
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