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Larson Vs. Domestic and Foreign Commerce Corp.

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  • US Supreme Court
  • Jun 27, 1949

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  1. Goltra Vs. Weeks US Supreme Court · Jun 07, 1926
  2. Philadelphia Co. Vs. Stimson US Supreme Court · Mar 04, 1912
  3. Goldberg Vs. Daniels US Supreme Court · Dec 01, 1913
  4. North Carolina Vs. Temple US Supreme Court · Mar 03, 1890
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  5. Tindal Vs. Wesley US Supreme Court · May 10, 1897
  6. Scranton Vs. Wheeler US Supreme Court · Nov 12, 1900
  7. United States Vs. Causby US Supreme Court · May 27, 1946
  8. Larson v. Domestic
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  9. Foreign Commerce Corp. - 337 U.S. 682 (1949) U.S. Supreme Court Larson v. Domestic
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  10. Foreign Commerce Corp., 337 U.S. 682 (1949) Larson v. Domestic
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  11. But the action itself cannot be enjoined or directed, since it is also the action of the sovereign. United States v. Lee
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  12. within those powers, only if the powers, or their exercise in the particular case, are constitutionally void. Goldberg v. Daniels
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  13. sovereign does not, of course, forbid a court from taking jurisdiction over a suit against him. Sloan Shipyards Corp. v. Emergency
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  14. Fleet Corp., 258 U. S. 549 , 258 U. S. 567 (1922). As was said in Brady Page 337 U. S. 687 v. Roosevelt
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  15. be obtained against the conduct of Government officials. The rule was stated by Mr. Justice Hughes in Philadelphia Co. v. Stimson
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  16. if based on an incorrect decision as to law or fact, if the officer making the decision was empowered to do so. Adams v. Nagle
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  17. be enjoined or directed, since it is also the action of the sovereign. Page 337 U. S. 696 United States v. Lee
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  18. A contrary doctrine was stated in Goltra v. Weeks
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  19. S. 544 . For this conclusion, the Court relied entirely upon the opinion of Mr. Justice Hughes in Philadelphia Co. v. Stimson
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  20. Opposed to the rationale of the Goltra opinion is the decision, by Mr. Justice Holmes in Goldberg v. Daniels
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  21. Domestic & Foreign Commerce Corp. v. Littlejohn
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  22. See Land v. Dollar
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  23. Cf. Sloan Shipyards v. United
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  24. In re Ayers, 123 U. S. 443 (1887). As was said in Minnesota v. Hitchcock
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  25. There are, of course, limitations on the right to recover damages from public officers. See Gibson v. Reynolds
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  26. Glass v. Ickes
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  27. and note the differing treatment accorded the claim for compensation and the claim for specific relief in Belknap v. Schild
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  28. with any personal wrongdoing, nor even with knowledge of the alleged wrongdoing of their subordinates. Cf. Robertson v. Sichel
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  29. but for specific relief, the Administrator, in his official capacity, was, of course, a proper party. Cf. Williams v. Fanning
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  30. the respondent vis-a-vis the United States would clearly have been beyond the court's jurisdiction. See Stanley v. Schwalby
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  31. would be dismissal for lack of jurisdiction. See Bell v. Hood
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  32. require affirmative action by the sovereign or the disposition of unquestionably sovereign property. North Carolina v. Temple
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  33. This case must therefore be clearly distinguished from cases like Noble v. Union
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  34. under general law, but simply the power of the official, under the statute, to make a decision at all. Cf. Ickes v. Fox
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  35. Perkins v. Lukens
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  36. Tennessee Electric Power Co. v. TVA
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  37. Mine Safety Co. v. Forrestal
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  38. Thus, the Court said in Hopkins v. Clemson
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  39. Baltimore R. Co. v. Quigley
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  40. case is remarkably similar to that made, as regards corporate agents, in Chestnut Hill & Spring House Turnpike Co. v. Rutter
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  41. The argument was rejected by the Court. See also Thayer v. Boston
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  42. will defeat a contention that the action is unconstitutional as a violation of the Fifth Amendment. Compare Hurley v. Kincaid
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  43. Cunningham v. Macon
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  44. U. S. 446 , 109 U. S. 451 (1883). The ensuing years have not made the task less difficult. See Brooks v. Dewar
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  45. Thus, in Tindal v. Wesley
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  46. And in Scranton v. Wheeler
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  47. Payne v. Central
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  48. and Santa Fe Pac. R. Co. v. Fall
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  49. of the United States and give rise to a cause of action against it for breach of an implied contract. Portsmouth Co. v. United
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  50. actions, because tortious, are outside of their authority, and hence not actions of the United States. Cf. Hooe v. United
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