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RUSSIAN FLEET v. UNITED STATES

No. 39.

282 U.S. 481 (1931)

51 S.Ct. 229

75 L.Ed. 473

RUSSIAN VOLUNTEER FLEET v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided February 24, 1931.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. William L. Rawls, with whom Messrs. Charles Recht, Horace S. Whitman, William L. Marbury, Jr., and Osmond K. Fraenkel were on the brief, for petitioner.

Mr. Claude R. Branch, Special Assistant to the Attorney General, with whom Solicitor General Thacher, Assistant Attorney General Rugg and Messrs. Percy M. Cox, Erwin N. Griswold, H. Brian Holland, Green H. Hackworth, Solicitor, Department of State, and Francis M. Anderson, Assistant Solicitor, were on the brief, for the United States.

MR. CHIEF JUSTICE HUGHES delivered the opinion of the Court.

The petitioner brought this suit against the United States in the Court of Claims to recover just compensation for the requisitioning by the United States Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corporation, under authority delegated to it by the President, of contracts for the construction of two vessels. The Court of Claims dismissed...

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