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GULF & SOUTH AMERICAN STEAMSHIP CO., INC. v. UNITED STATES

Nos. 45-73, 57-73.

500 F.2d 549 (1974)

GULF & SOUTH AMERICAN STEAMSHIP CO., INC., et al. v. The UNITED STATES. AMERICAN EXPORT LINES, INC., et al. v. The UNITED STATES.

United States Court of Claims.

July 19, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Alton Boyer, Washington, D. C., attorney of record, for Gulf & South American Steamship Co., Inc., and others. Kominers, Fort, Schlefer & Boyer, Washington, D. C., of counsel.

James N. Jacobi, Washington, D. C., for American Export Lines, Inc., and others; J. Alton Boyer, Washington, D. C., attorney of record. Kurrus & Jacobi, Washington, D. C., of counsel.

Emmett B. Lewis, with whom was Asst. Atty. Gen. Carla A. Hills, for defendant.

Before DAVIS, KUNZIG and BENNETT, Judges.

ON DEFENDANT'S MOTIONS TO DISMISS THE PETITIONS

DAVIS, Judge:

In these parallel suits six common carriers by water, which held contracts with the United States to transport government cargo, seek recovery for the drastic increase in the price of bunker fuel (i. e., fuel for operating vessels) which occurred in 1970-1971.1 Effective July 1, 1970, each plaintiff had entered into two contracts...

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