Legal Opinion
Black Diamond Steamship Corp. v. United States
District Court, D. Maryland
Decided July 31, 1964No. Adm. No. 3885Published
1Opinion of the Court
THOMSEN, Chief Judge.
The libel of Black Diamond Steamship Corp. (Black Diamond) seeks to recover $726,937.47 paid as “additional charter hire” for the use of government vessels under Contract No. MCc-41815 during the period September 1946 to August 1949. The libel is founded on two claims: first, a “cumulation” claim, which asserts that such additional charter hire should be calculated on Black Diamond’s net profits cumulated over the entire period of the contract; and second, a “sliding scale” claim, which asserts that additional charter hire due should be calculated at the rate of 50% of…
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