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COMMODITIES TRADING CORPORATION v. UNITED STATES

No. 46611.

83 F.Supp. 356 (1949)

COMMODITIES TRADING CORPORATION et al. v. UNITED STATES.

United States Court of Claims.

April 4, 1949.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward L. Blackman, of New York City, for plaintiffs.

Kendall M. Barnes, of Washington, D. C., and J. Frank Staley, Acting Asst. Atty. Gen., for defendant.

Before JONES, Chief Judge, and WHITAKER, HOWELL, LITTLETON and MADDEN, Judges.

WHITAKER, Judge.

Plaintiffs sue the defendant for what they deem just compensation for the requisition on May 26, 1944, of 759, 750.88 pounds of whole black pepper. Plaintiffs claim that 22 cents a pound is just compensation. The defendant allowed them $50,266.76, plus an amount for delay in payment. The amount allowed was computed at 6½ cents a pound, which was the ceiling price established by the Office of Price Administration.

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