Modern Engineering Co. v. United States

This is an action brought under the Lucas Act, Public Law 657, 79th Cong., 2nd Sess., Ch. 864, 60 Stat. 902, and was transferred to this court from the District Court of the United States for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division, pursuant to Section 6 as amended by Section 37, Act of June 25, 1948 (Public Law 773, 80th Cong., 2nd Sess., 62 Stat. 869).

The defendant moves to dismiss the petition on three grounds: (1) that the plaintiff has failed to allege the filing of written requests for relief with the department or agency concerned on or before August 14, 1945; (2) that…