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UNITED STATES v. COMMODITIES CORP.

No. 156.

339 U.S. 121 (1950)

70 S.Ct. 547

94 L.Ed. 707

UNITED STATES v. COMMODITIES TRADING CORP. ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 27, 1950.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Oscar H. Davis argued the cause for the United States. With him on the brief were Solicitor General Perlman, Assistant Attorney General Morison, Paul A. Sweeney and Melvin Richter.

Edward L. Blackman argued the cause and filed a brief for Commodities Trading Corp. et al.

MR. JUSTICE BLACK delivered the opinion of the Court.

Commodities Trading Corporation brought this suit in the Court of Claims to recover "just compensation" for about 760,000 pounds of whole black pepper requisitioned by the War Department in 1944 from Commodities' stock of 17,000,000 pounds. The United States contended that the OPA ceiling price of 6.63 cents per pound was just compensation. Commodities denied this, claiming 22 cents per pound. It argued that Congress...

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