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STANDARD OIL CO. v. UNITED STATES

No. 169.

267 U.S. 76 (1925)

STANDARD OIL COMPANY OF NEW JERSEY, AS OWNER, ETC., OF THE STEAMSHIP LLAMA, v. THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided February 2, 1925.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Cletus Keating, with whom Mr. John M. Woolsey was on the brief, for petitioner.

Mr. J. Frank Staley, Special Assistant to the Attorney General, with whom Mr. Solicitor General Beck and Mr. Albert Ottinger, Assistant Attorney General, were on the brief, for respondent.

MR. JUSTICE HOLMES delivered the opinion of the Court.

This is a libel upon two policies of insurance issued by the Government insuring respectively the steamship Llama and her freight and advances against war risks. Act of September 2, 1914, c. 293, § 5; 38 Stat. 711, 712. The libellant recovered in the District Court, but the decision was reversed by the Circuit Court of Appeals. 291 Fed. 1. A writ of certiorari was...

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