AKTIEBOLAGET BOFORS v. UNITED STATES

No. 206-53.

153 F.Supp. 397 (1957)

AKTIEBOLAGET BOFORS v. The UNITED STATES.

United States Court of Claims.

July 12, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. C. E. Rhetts, Washington, D. C., for plaintiff. Messrs. Lawrence J. Latto and Richard T. Conway, Washington, D. C., were on the briefs.

Mr. Kendall M. Barnes, Washington, D. C., with whom was Mr. Asst. Atty. Gen. George Cochran Doub, for defendant.

Mr. Thomas J. Lydon, South Portland, Me., on the brief.

Before JONES, Chief Judge, and LITTLETON, WHITAKER, MADDEN and LARAMORE, Judges.


MADDEN, Judge.

The plaintiff sues for damages for an alleged breach of contract by the United States. It made a contract with the United States on June 21, 1941, licensing the United States to "make, use and have made in the United States" a type of 40 mm. anti-aircraft gun which the plaintiff had developed. It claims that its contract, properly interpreted, contained an agreement on the part of the United States not to export such guns

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