EASTPORT STEAMSHIP CORPORATION v. UNITED STATES

No. 74-55.

372 F.2d 1002 (1967)

EASTPORT STEAMSHIP CORPORATION v. The UNITED STATES.

United States Court of Claims.

February 17, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

T. S. L. Perlman, Washington, D. C., for plaintiff, J. Franklin Fort, Washington, D. C., attorney of record. Michael Joseph, Washington, D. C., of counsel.

Anthony W. Gross, Washington, D. C., with whom was Asst. Atty. Gen., Barefoot Sanders, for defendant.

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


OPINION

DAVIS, Judge.*

In 1946, in the train of World War II, the United States was offered some former German merchant vessels as part of reparations. Despite some initial misgivings that the Maritime Commission already had enough American-built surplus vessels to dispose of, the Commission ultimately agreed with the Department of State to accept thirteen of these ex-German ships on...

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