JOHNSON v. UNITED STATES

Civ. 3884.

79 F.Supp. 448 (1948)

JOHNSON v. UNITED STATES et al.

District Court, D. Oregon.

June 19, 1948.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hicks, Davis & Tongue, of Portland, Or., for libelant.

Gray & Lister, Henry L. Hess, U. S. Atty., and Victor E. Harr, Asst. U. S. Atty., all of Portland, Or., for respondents. The United States of America, The War Shipping Administration, and The United States Maritime Commission.

Frank L. Whitaker and Wilbur, Beckett, Oppenheimer, Mautz & Souther, all of Portland, Or., for Kaiser Co., Inc., a corporation, impleaded.


McCOLLOCH, District Judge.

The way I feel now I do not think I should lend authority to the obvious attempt being made in the country to break down the principle of compensation. But in accord with what experience has shown to be good practice, I will defer decision on Kaiser Company's exceptions to the pretrial or trial.

June 19, 1948.

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