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UNITED STATES v. FELIN & CO.

No. 17.

334 U.S. 624 (1948)

UNITED STATES v. JOHN J. FELIN & CO., INC.

Supreme Court of United States.

Reargued November 18-19, 1947.

Decided June 14, 1948.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Assistant Solicitor General Washington argued the cause for the United States. With him on the brief were Assistant Attorney General Sonnett. Paul A. Sweeney and Harry I. Rand.

Arthur L. Winn, Jr. argued the cause for respondent. With him on the brief were Wilbur La Roe, Jr. and Frederick E. Brown.

MR. JUSTICE FRANKFURTER announced the judgment of the Court and delivered an opinion in which THE CHIEF JUSTICE and MR. JUSTICE BURTON concurred.

This is a claim for just compensation, based on the Fifth Amendment, by a slaughterer whose meat products the Government requisitioned for war purposes. The Court of Claims awarded damages above the maximum prices fixed by the Office of Price Administration for such products and measured by what that court deemed the replacement...

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