J. F. HODGKINS COMPANY v. UNITED STATES

No. 297-61.

318 F.2d 932 (1963)

J. F. HODGKINS COMPANY (1), Kingman Marine Construction, Inc. (2), and Palmer & Parker Co. (3) v. The UNITED STATES.

United States Court of Claims.

As Amended June 21, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Burton R. Thorman, Washington, D. C., for plaintiffs. Solomon Dimond, Washington, D. C., was on the brief.

Edwin J. Reis, Washington, D. C., with whom was Asst. Atty. Gen. John W. Douglas, for defendant.

Before JONES, Chief Judge, REED, Justice (Ret.), sitting by designation, and LARAMORE, DURFEE, and DAVIS, Judges.


JONES, Chief Judge.

This is an action for "just compensation" under the fifth amendment to the United States Constitution. It is brought before us by three subcontractors of the Rice Shipbuilding Corporation of East Boothbay, Maine, to recover the value of certain statutory liens which the plaintiffs claim were acquired under Maine law and subsequently rendered worthless by the actions of defendant.

On March 26, 1954, the Department of the Navy awarded contract...

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