KAUFMAN v. SOCIETE INTERNATIONALE POUR PARTICIPATIONS INDUSTRIELLES ET COMMERCIALES

No. 172.

343 U.S. 156 (1952)

KAUFMAN ET AL. v. SOCIETE INTERNATIONALE POUR PARTICIPATIONS INDUSTRIELLES ET COMMERCIALES, S. A., ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 7, 1952.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Irving Moskovitz argued the cause for petitioners. With him on the brief were William Radner, Henry G. Fischer, Seymour Graubard, Odell Kominers, Peter N. Schiller and Beryl Harold Levy.

David Schwartz argued the cause for McGrath, Attorney General, et al., respondents. With him on the brief were Solicitor General Perlman, Assistant Attorney General Baynton, James D. Hill, George B. Searls and Sidney B. Jacoby.

John J. Wilson argued the cause for the Societe Internationale Pour Participations Industrielles et Commerciales, S. A., respondent. With him on the brief was Roger J. Whiteford.

William P. MacCracken, Jr., Urban A. Lavery and William W. Barron submitted on brief for Remington Rand, Inc., respondent.


MR. JUSTICE BLACK delivered the opinion of the Court.

Acting under § 5 (b) of the Trading with the Enemy Act,1 the Alien Property Custodian vested in himself the American assets of Interhandel, a Swiss corporation.2 Interhandel sued in the District Court to recover the assets. The Custodian3 answered alleging that the Swiss corporation was dominated and controlled by officers...

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