180 F. Supp. 386 (1960) B AMUSEMENT COMPANY, et al. v. UNITED STATES. No. Cong. 1-54. United States Court of Claims. January 20, 1960. *387 Louis Kranitz, St. Joseph, Mo., for plaintiffs. Richard K. Lyon, Washington, D. C., was on the briefs. Howard O. Sigmond, Washington, D. C., with whom was Perry W. Morton, Asst. Atty. Gen., for defendant. WHITAKER, Judge. This case is before the court pursuant to H.R. Resolution No. 475, 83d Congress, 2d Session, by which the court has been requested to...
283 F.2d 527 Alfred C. REINKING, D/B/A A. C. Reinking Lumber Company v. UNITED STATES. No. 91-59. United States Court of Claims. November 2, 1960. Walter R. James, No. Kansas City, Mo., for plaintiff. Martin E. Rendelman, Chevy Chase, Md., with whom was Asst. Atty. Gen. George Cochran Doub, for defendant. MADDEN, Judge. 1 In 1950 the plaintiff made a contract to store lumber for the Government and render services connected with the storage. The plaintiff's suit asserts three causes of action, (...
278 F.2d 937 ATCHISON, TOPEKA AND SANTA FE RAILWAY COMPANY v. UNITED STATES. No. 90-54. United States Court of Claims. June 8, 1960. Peyton Ford, Washington, D. C., for plaintiff. R. S. Outlaw and Thomas Barnett, Chicago, Ill., and Ford, Larson, Greene & Horan, Washington, D. C., were on the briefs. Herbert Pittle, Washington, D. C., with whom was Asst. Atty. Gen. Perry W. Morton, for defendant. MADDEN, Judge. 1 The plaintiff railroad sues the United States for just compensation for the alleged...
279 F.2d 258 WESTERN PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY v. UNITED STATES. No. 82-55. United States Court of Claims. June 8, 1960. Raymond A. Negus, Washington, D. C., for plaintiff. Lawrence Cake and John Guandolo, Washington, D. C., were on the brief. Lewis A. Dille, Kensington, Md., with whom was Asst. Atty. Gen. George Cochran Doub, for defendant. JONES, Chief Judge. 1 The plaintiff is suing for the recovery of certain amounts alleged to have been wrongfully withheld by the United States on bills of...
284 F.2d 377 CENTRAL TECHNICAL INSTITUTE v. UNITED STATES. No. 77-57. United States Court of Claims. December 1, 1960. Thomas M. Gittings, Jr., Washington, D. C., for plaintiff; John W. Gaskins and King & King, Washington, D. C., on the brief. David Orlikoff, Washington, D. C., with whom was Asst. Atty. Gen. George Cochran Doub, for defendant; Joseph B. Grigsby, Arlington, Va., on the brief. JONES, Chief Judge. 1 The plaintiff operates a school in the State of Missouri which provides both...
181 F. Supp. 265 (1960) SICANOFF VEGETABLE OIL CORPORATION v. UNITED STATES. No. 70-59. United States Court of Claims. March 2, 1960. *266 Harold R. Burnstein, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiff. John E. Hughes and John W. Hughes, Chicago, Ill., were on the briefs. Eugene Emerson, Washington, D. C., with whom was Asst. Atty. Gen. Charles K. Rice, for defendant. James P. Garland, Lyle M. Turner and Philip R. Miller, Washington, D. C., were on the briefs. MADDEN, Judge. This is a suit for the recovery...
279 F.2d 512 SOCONY-MOBIL OIL COMPANY, Incorporated v. UNITED STATES. No. 686-53. United States Court of Claims. Decided June 8, 1960. John W. Knox, New York City, for plaintiff. Clare E. Walker, New York City, with whom was Asst. Atty. Gen. George Cochran Doub. for defendant. MADDEN, Judge. 1 The agencies of the United States which have taken part in the transactions with which the instant case is concerned have been the United States Maritime Commission, the War Shipping Administration and...
180 F. Supp. 601 (1960) Dan B. HOOVER and Ed Hoover, Jr., Executors of The Estate of Bragg Hoover, Deceased v. UNITED STATES. No. 65-58. United States Court of Claims. January 20, 1960. *602 Arthur Glover, Amarillo, Tex., for plaintiffs. June A. Murray, Washington, D. C., with whom was Asst. Atty. Gen. Charles K. Rice, for defendant. Lyle M. Turner, Washington, D. C., was on the brief. LITTLETON, Judge (Retired). The principal question here is whether certain gifts made by decedent, Bragg...
276 F.2d 17 Achille F. FORD v. UNITED STATES. Jeanne F. HARLOW v. UNITED STATES. No. 623-53. No. 624-53. United States Court of Claims. April 6, 1960. I. Herman Sher, New York City, for plaintiffs. Eugene Emerson, Washington, D. C., with whom was Asst. Atty. Gen. Charles K. Rice for defendant. Lyle M. Turner and James P. Garland, Washington, D. C., were on the brief. MADDEN, Judge. 1 These two cases involve similar facts and identical legal questions, and this opinion will dispose of both cases....
180 F. Supp. 597 (1960) Josephine W. D. HENRY v. UNITED STATES. No. 581-57. United States Court of Claims. February 3, 1960. Elden McFarland, Washington, D. C., for plaintiff. Robert Livingston, Washington, D. C., with whom was Asst. Atty. Gen. Charles K. Rice, for defendant. James P. Garland and Lyle M. Turner, Washington, D. C., were on the brief. LITTLETON, Judge (Retired). Plaintiff sues for a refund of income tax for the year 1948. The tax was paid pursuant to a determination by the...
279 F.2d 226 DANIELS JEWELERS, INC. v. UNITED STATES. No. 577-57. United States Court of Claims. June 8, 1960. Abraham S. Guterman, New York City, for plaintiff. George T. Qualley, Arlington, Va., with whom was Charles K. Rice, Asst. Atty. Gen., James P. Garland, and Lyle M. Turner, Washington, D. C., on the brief, for defendant. LARAMORE, Judge. 1 Plaintiff sues for the refund of excess profits taxes paid for the years 1951, 1952, and 1953, in the total amount of $24,117.78, plus interest...
181 F. Supp. 241 (1960) EQUITABLE LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY OF THE UNITED STATES v. UNITED STATES. Nos. 559-58 563-58. United States Court of Claims. March 2, 1960. Daniel M. Gribbon, Washington, D. C., for plaintiff. John Lord O'Brian, Washington, D. C., Robert L. Hogg and Stuart McCarthy, New York City, and Covington & Burling, Washington, D. C., were on the briefs. Jerry M. Hamovit, Washington, D. C., with whom was Asst. Atty. Gen. Charles K. Rice, for defendant. James P. Garland, Lyle M....
277 F.2d 469 Louis E. FAGAN et al. (Lewis L. Gover, Plaintiff No. 2) v. UNITED STATES. No. 535-57. United States Court of Claims. May 4, 1960. As Amended May 13, 1960. 1 Melville E. Locker, Washington, D. C., Friedman, Locker & Schlezinger, Washington, D. C., on the brief, for plaintiff. 2 LeRoy Southmayd, Jr., Washington, D. C., with whom was George Cochran Doub, Asst. Atty. Gen., for defendant. 3 LITTLETON, Judge (Ret.). 4 Lewis L. Gover is plaintiff No. 2 in the above entitled case of Fagan,...
281 F.2d 196 HENRY BARRACKS HOUSING CORPORATION v. UNITED STATES. No. 524-58. United States Court of Claims. July 15, 1960. Bernard J. Gallagher, Washington, D. C., for plaintiff. Carl Eardley, with whom was Asst. Atty. Gen., George Cochran Doub, for defendant. Max L. Kane, Washington, D. C., was on the briefs. DURFEE, Judge. * 1 This case presents the court with the problem of what liability, if any, the Government has to the operator of a Wherry Housing project who defaults on his mortgage...
181 F. Supp. 246 (1960) NEWARK INSURANCE COMPANY, a Body Corporate v. UNITED STATES (Pioneer Bank and Trust Company, Third Party Defendant). No. 515-56. United States Court of Claims. March 2, 1960. William F. Kelly, Washington, D. C., for plaintiff. Geoffrey Creyke, Jr., Washington, D. C., Hudson & Creyke, Washington, D. C., on the brief, for third party defendant Pioneer Bank and Trust Co. Kathryn H. Baldwin, Washington, D. C., with whom was George Cochran Doub, Asst. Atty. Gen., for...
181 F. Supp. 408 (1960) Edward SCHWARTZ v. UNITED STATES. No. 513-57. United States Court of Claims. March 2, 1960. *409 William J. Woolston, Philadelphia, Pa., for plaintiff. Kendall M. Barnes, Washington, D. C., with whom was Asst. Atty. Gen. George Cochran Doub, for defendant. Francis J. Steiner, Jr., Washington, D. C., was on the brief. JONES, Chief Judge. This is a suit for back pay of an employee during a period of suspension under the Security Act of August 26, 1950, 64 Stat. 476, 5 U.S....
280 F.2d 838 ST. LOUIS-SAN FRANCISCO RAILWAY COMPANY v. UNITED STATES. No. 507-56. United States Court of Claims. July 15, 1960. Raymond A. Negus, Washington, D. C., for plaintiff. Lawrence Cake and John Guandolo, Washington, D. C., were on the briefs. Lewis A. Dille, Kensington, Md., with whom was Asst. Atty. Gen. George Cochran Doub, for defendant. Paris T. Houston, Washington, D. C., was on the briefs. DURFEE, Judge. 1 Plaintiff and connecting lines transported liquid milk in quart fiber...
281 F.2d 457 INLAND TRUCKING CORPORATION v. UNITED STATES. No. 50095. United States Court of Claims. July 15, 1960. Julius Schlezinger, Washington, D. C., for plaintiff. Joseph B. Friedman and Friedman, Locker & Schlezinger, Washington, D. C., were on the briefs. Kendall M. Barnes, Washington, D. C., with whom was George Cochran Doub, Asst. Atty. Gen., for defendant. WHITAKER, Judge. 1 Plaintiff, a Philippine trucking company, sues to recover $56,022.56 which it says is due under a Government...
283 F.2d 697 BOLIN DRIVE-A-WAY CO., A Corporation v. UNITED STATES. No. 498-57. United States Court of Claims. November 2, 1960. Louis I. Dailey, Memphis, Tenn., for plaintiff. Harold G. Hernly and Wrape & Hernly, Memphis, Tenn., were on the brief. Pauline B. Heller, Washington, D. C., with whom was Asst. Atty. Gen., George Cochran Doub, for defendant. Curtis L. Wagner, Jr., Knoxville, Tenn., was on the brief. JONES, Chief Judge. 1 The primary issue in this case is the amount of compensation...
278 F.2d 934 Witold A. BADOWSKI v. UNITED STATES. No. 497-53. United States Court of Claims. June 8, 1960. Albert R. Teare, Cleveland, Ohio, for plaintiff. G. M. Paddack, Washington, D. C., with whom was Asst. Atty. Gen. George Cochran Doub, for defendant. WHITAKER, Judge. 1 Plaintiff sues for damages caused by the defendant's infringement of Letters Patent No. 2,365,445. We have previously determined that plaintiff's patent was valid and that it was infringed. Badowski v. United States, 140 F....
