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LARSON v. DOMESTIC & FOREIGN CORP.

No. 31.

337 U.S. 682 (1949)

LARSON, WAR ASSETS ADMINISTRATOR AND SURPLUS PROPERTY ADMINISTRATOR, v. DOMESTIC AND FOREIGN COMMERCE CORP.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 27, 1949.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Assistant Attorney General Morison argued the cause for petitioner. With him on the brief were Solicitor General Perlman, Paul A. Sweeney and Oscar H. Davis.

T. Peter Ansberry argued the cause for respondent. With him on the brief were Stephen J. McMahon, Jr. and Seth W. Richardson.

MR. CHIEF JUSTICE VINSON delivered the opinion of the Court.

This suit was brought in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia by the Domestic & Foreign Commerce Corporation against Robert M. Littlejohn, the then head of the War Assets Administration.1 The complaint alleged that the Administration had sold certain surplus coal to the plaintiff; that the Administrator refused to deliver the coal but, on the contrary...

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