PAN AMERICAN WORLD AIRWAYS v. UNITED STATES

No. 221-53.

122 F.Supp. 682 (1954)

PAN AMERICAN WORLD AIRWAYS, Inc. v. UNITED STATES.

United States Court of Claims.

July 13, 1954.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert C. Barnard, Washington, D. C., Henry J. Friendly, New York City, Joseph J. Cantwell, Massapequa, N. Y., James W. Lamberton, Washington, D. C., Ann Thacher Clarke, New York City, and Cleary, Gottlieb, Friendly & Ball, Washington, D. C., on the briefs, for plaintiff.

Carl Eardley, Washington, D. C., Warren E. Burger, Asst. Atty. Gen., Mary K. Fagan, Washington, D. C., on the brief, for defendant.

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


MADDEN, Judge.

This is an action filed by plaintiff Pan American World Airways, Inc., an air carrier, in which it seeks to recover the sum of $207,092.50. The complaint recites that this amount was exacted from plaintiff by the Immigration and Naturalization Service for detention of United States citizens, passengers on plaintiff's airline, who were seeking to enter the United States; that the expenses were illegally exacted...

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