MINE SAFETY CO. v. FORRESTAL

No. 71.

326 U.S. 371 (1945)

MINE SAFETY APPLIANCES CO. v. FORRESTAL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided December 10, 1945.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. W. Denning Stewart, with whom Messrs. Mahlon E. Lewis and Charles Effinger Smoot were on the brief, for appellant.

Mr. David L. Kreeger, pro hac vice, with whom Solicitor General McGrath, Messrs. A. Morris Kobrick and Jerome H. Simonds were on the brief, for appellee.


MR. JUSTICE BLACK delivered the opinion of the Court.

After an investigation in which appellant appeared, appellee James V. Forrestal, while Under Secretary of the Navy, determined that the appellant had received a large amount of excessive profits on government war contracts within the meaning of the Renegotiation Act.1 Pursuant to the powers given him by that Act the appellee notified appellant...

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