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NEW ORLEANS SHIPWRECKING CORPORATION v. SMITH

No. 9896.

172 F.2d 30 (1948)

NEW ORLEANS SHIPWRECKING CORPORATION v. SMITH et al.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided December 13, 1948.

Writ of Certiorari Denied April 18, 1949.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Daniel S. Ring, of Washington, D. C., for appellant.

Mr. L. Clark Ewing, Asst. U. S. Atty., with whom Messrs. George Morris Fay, U. S. Atty., John D. Lane, Asst. U. S. Atty., and Paul D. Page, Jr., Sol. United States Maritime Commission, all of Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellees. Messrs. Sidney S. Sachs and John P. Burke, Asst. U. S. Attys., both of Washington, D. C., also entered appearances for appellees.

Before EDGERTON, CLARK and WILBUR K. MILLER, Circuit Judges.

Writ of Certiorari Denied April 18, 1949. See 69 S.Ct. 884.

EDGERTON, Circuit Judge.

The United States Maritime Commission voted on January 22, 1948, to award to appellant corporation and to other bidders some of the surplus ships for which they had bid. It directed its "proper officers" to take "all actions necessary and proper to carry the action of the Commission * * * into effect." Appellant correctly states that "normal procedure would have been for the...

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