Legal Opinion
UEBERSEE FINANZ-KORPORATION, ETC. v. Brownell
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided May 28, 1954No. Civ. 26453PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LAWS, Chief Judge.
In this case, suit was originally brought by a corporation organized under the laws of Switzerland to recover shares of stock of American corporations vested by the Alien Property Custodian in 1942 under Section 5(b) of the Trading With the Enemy Act of 1917, 40 Stat. 411, as amended by the First War Powers Act of 1941, 55 Stat. 839, 50 U.S.C.A. Appendix, § 5(b). The suit was dismissed on the pleadings. On appeal, the Supreme Court of the United States held that the amendment of 1941 authorized the Custodian to seize and vest in himself all property of any foreign country or…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Commissioner v. SunnenSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
- Cromwell v. County of SacSupreme Court of the United States · 1877
- Southern Pacific Railroad v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1897
- Clark v. Uebersee Finanz-Korp., AGSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
- Oklahoma v. TextasSupreme Court of the United States · 1921
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Gill and Duffus Services, Inc. v. A. M. Nural IslamCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1982
- Fritz Von Opel v. Herbert Brownell, Jr., Attorney General, as Successor to the Alien Property CustodianCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1957
- Leasco Data Processing Equipment Corp. v. MaxwellDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1973
- Uebersee Finanz-Korporation, A.G. v. BrownellDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1955