MORANIA OIL TANKER CORPORATION v. HUMPHREY

Civ. No. 686-56.

156 F.Supp. 543 (1957)

MORANIA OIL TANKER CORPORATION et al., Plaintiffs, v. George M. HUMPHREY, Secretary of the Treasury, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court District of Columbia.

June 25, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David G. Berger, Washington, D. C., and Krisel, Beck & Taylor, New York City, for plaintiff.

Oliver Gasch, Edward P. Troxell, E. Riley Casey, Thomas H. McGrail, Washington, D. C., for defendant.


McGUIRE, District Judge.

The defendants' motion for summary judgment is granted. There is no controversy before the Court. The plaintiffs may be right as far as their construction of the statute is concerned, but this Court is in no position to give them an advisory opinion one way or the other. 28 U.S.C.A. §§ 2201, 2202. There must be a real and substantial controversy admitting of specific relief through a decree of a conclusive character as distinguished...

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