COMPAGNIE FINANCIERE de SUEZ ETC. v. UNITED STATES

No. 411-67.

492 F.2d 798 (1974)

COMPAGNIE FINANCIERE de SUEZ et de L'UNION PARISIENNE v. The UNITED STATES.

United States Court of Claims.

February 20, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

D. Nelson Adams, New York City, attorney of record, for plaintiff, Davis Polk & Wardwell, and George A. Bermann, New York City, of counsel.

Joseph Kovner, Washington, D. C., with whom was Asst. Atty. Gen., Scott P. Crampton, for defendant.

Before LARAMORE and DURFEE, Senior Judges, and NICHOLS, Judge.


OPINION

LARAMORE, Senior Judge:

Plaintiff brought this suit for $420,491, plus interest, on two claims for refund which the government denied. The tax in question covers the period 1952 through 1956. Compagnie Financiere de Suez et de L'Union Parisienne1 (hereinafter referred to as "Suez" or "the Company"), built and operated the Suez Canal until it was nationalized on July 26, 1956...

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