SOCONY MOBIL OIL COMPANY v. UNITED STATES

Nos. 168-59, 169-59, 49-58, 50-58, 327-58, 328-58, 187-59, 188-59.

287 F.2d 910 (1961)

SOCONY MOBIL OIL COMPANY, Inc. v. UNITED STATES. TEXACO, INC. (Formerly the Texas Company) v. UNITED STATES. MISSISSIPPI SHIPPING COMPANY, Inc. v. UNITED STATES.

United States Court of Claims.

Rehearing Denied May 3, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul Little, New York City, for plaintiff Socony Mobil Oil Co., Inc. John W. Knox, New York City, was on the briefs.

George E. McMurray, Jr., Washington, D. C., for the plaintiff Texaco, Inc. John E. Shea, Washington, D. C., and James F. Birmingham, New York City, were on the briefs.

H. Maurice Fridlund, New York City, for the plaintiff Mississippi Shipping Co., Inc. Joseph M. Rault; Terriberry, Rault, Carroll, Martinez & Yancey, New Orleans, La., Earl Q. Kullman; Montague H. Hackett, Jr.; and Kirlin, Campbell & Keating, New York City, were on the briefs.

Theodore D. Peyser, Jr., Washington, D. C., with whom was Asst. Atty. Gen. Charles K. Rice, for the defendant. James P. Garland and Philip R. Miller, Washington, D. C., were on the briefs.


Rehearing Denied May 3, 1961. See 289 F.2d 326.

MADDEN, Judge.

In these three cases the facts have been stipulated by the parties. All the cases present the same question of law and this opinion will apply to all of them. There is, in the case of the Texas Company, an additional problem not involved in the other two cases. That problem will be adverted to in due course.

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