Case Name: HOMESTAKE MINING COMPANY v. THE UNITED STATES
Court: United States Court of Claims
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1952-05-06
Citations: 122 Ct. Cl. 690
Docket Number: No. 50195
Parties: HOMESTAKE MINING COMPANY v. THE UNITED STATES
Judges: 
Reporter: United States Court of Claims Reports
Volume: 122
Pages: 690–690

Head Matter:
HOMESTAKE MINING COMPANY v. THE UNITED STATES
[No. 50195.
Decided May 6, 1952.
Defendant’s motion for new trial overruled July 15, 1952]
Mr. James D. Ewing for the plaintiff. Mr. Eugene Z. DuBose was on the brief.
Mr. Thomas L. McKevitt, with whom was Mr. Assistant Attorney General A. Devitt Vanech, for the defendant.

Opinion:
Per Curiam:
This case arises out of an alleged taking, under and within the meaning of the Fifth Amendment to the Constitution, of plaintiff's gold mining properties located in the Black Hills Area of South Dakota, near the City of Lead, South Dakota, by virtue of the complete closing of plaintiff's mine by the War Production Board pursuant to Limitation Order L-268, issued by the Board, which order, plaintiff insists upon the facts alleged, was arbitrary and violative of plaintiff's property rights with respect to its gold mining properties.
The facts alleged in the petition herein and the issues raised by the pleadings, are identical in all material respects with the facts and issues involved in the case of Idaho Maryland Mining Corporation v. The United States, ante, p. 670. For the reasons set forth in our decision in the Idaho Maryland case, defendant's motion to dismiss the petition herein is overruled. It is so ordered.