Source: http://openjurist.org/330/us/248/northern-pac-ry-co-v-united-states
Timestamp: 2013-12-09 14:49:41
Document Index: 106768911

Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 321', '§ 65', '§ 1375', '§ 1375', '§ 321', '§ 321', '§ 321', '§ 41']

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330 US 248 Northern Pac Ry Co v. United States 330 U.S. 248
NORTHERN PAC. RY. CO.v.UNITED STATES.
This is a companion case to United States v. Powell, and United States v. Atlantic Coast Line R. Co., 330 U.S. 238, 67 S.Ct. 742. This case, like those, involves the construction of the provision of § 321(a) of the Transportation Act of 1940, 49 U.S.C.A. § 65(a), which entitles 'military or naval property of the United States moving for military or naval and not for civil use' to land-grant rates. Petitioner was a land-grant road, 13 Stat. 365, 370, and for years carried government property at land-grant rates. 43 Stat. 477, 486, 10 U.S.C. § 1375, 10 U.S.C.A. § 1375. It qualified to receive the higher rates authorized by § 321(a) of the Transportation Act of 1940 by the timely filing of the required release of land-grant claims pursuant to § 321(b) of the Act.1
The shipments in controversy were made over petitioner's railroad on government bills of lading in 1941, 1942, and 1943. They were admittedly government property at the time of carriage. Petitioner submitted its bills to the Government at the published commercial tariff rates. The United States, claiming that under § 321(a) of the Transportation Act each shipment was entitled to move at land-grant rates, deducted the difference between the commercial rates and the land-grant rates. Petitioner thereupon brought this suit under the Tucker Act, 28 U.S.C.A. § 41(20), to recover the deducted sums. The District Court entered judgment for the United States on the claims here involved. 64 F.Supp. 1. The Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed. 7 Cir., 156 F.2d 346. The ase is here on certiorari.
Bowling alleys for Dutch Harbor.—Petitioner moved bowling alley equipment to Seattle, Washington, for reshipment to the Naval Air Base, Dutch Harbor, Alaska. The Navy had entered into a contract for the construction of an air base at Dutch Harbor on public land reserved for Navy use. The purchase and installation of the bowling alleys were pursuant to that contract and were approved by the Navy officer who had supervision and control of the construction program. The recreational facilities, which included the bowling alleys, were p