NIPPON HODO COMPANY v. UNITED STATES

Nos. 479-54, 421-57.

285 F.2d 766 (1961)

NIPPON HODŌ COMPANY, Ltd., v. UNITED STATES. FUIJI SANGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA v. UNITED STATES.

United States Court of Claims.

Rehearing Denied April 7, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel M. Singer, Washington, D. C., Richard Schifter, Washington, D. C., and Ben Bruce Blakeney, Tokyo, Japan, on the briefs, for plaintiffs.

John R. Franklin and Philip W. Lowry, Washington, D. C., with whom was George Cochran Doub, Asst. Atty. Gen., for defendant.


JONES, Chief Judge.

Plaintiffs are Japanese corporations suing the United States on contract claims. In both cases, the defendant sought and was granted a separate trial on the issue of jurisdiction of this court; namely, whether such jurisdiction extends to suits against the United States by citizens of Japan. These cases were consolidated for trial of this mutual jurisdictional issue.

The plaintiffs proved that American citizens, in suits against the Government...

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