MOORLAND COURT v. MASON

Civ. No. 8147.

137 F.Supp. 193 (1955)

MOORLAND COURT, Inc., an Alaskan corporation, Plaintiff, v. Norman P. MASON, as Commissioner of Federal Housing Administration, Defendant.

United States District Court D. Oregon.

December 20, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald W. McEwen, Portland, Or., for plaintiff.

Robert R. Carney, Asst. U. S. Atty., Portland, Or., for defendant.


McCOLLOCH, Chief Judge.

Liberalized venue statutes like the one under consideration, 12 U.S.C.A. § 1702, should be applied in the light of the long time effort of Government administrators and agencies to hide behind Government immunity; and when sued by a citizen aggrieved, to insist that the suit could only be maintained in the District of Columbia. The particular oppression of the legislative set-up of O.P.A. which closed local courts to aggrieved citizens...

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