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ROUGH DIAMOND COMPANY v. UNITED STATES

No. 69-61.

351 F.2d 636 (1965)

ROUGH DIAMOND COMPANY, Inc., and A. G. Parser Incorporated v. The UNITED STATES.

United States Court of Claims.

October 15, 1965.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carl L. Shipley, Washington, D. C., attorney of record, for plaintiff. Shipley, Akerman & Pickett, Washington, D. C., of counsel.

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

Before COWEN, Chief Judge, LARAMORE, DURFEE, DAVIS, and COLLINS, Judges.

DAVIS, Judge.

In the spring of 1959, plaintiffs agreed with the Department of Agriculture to barter more than $6,600,000 worth of industrial diamonds for surplus cotton owned by the Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC). In this suit, they demand damages of $1,736,514.45, claimed to stem from the Department's refusal to exchange its cotton on the basis of the average world market value of cotton, rather than a higher price desired by CCC. Charging that the agency's actions...

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