Supreme Court of the United States, 1939

United States v. John McShain, Inc.

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided November 6, 1939

308 U.S. 512 (United States Reports)

Counsel

Mr. Richard H. Demuth, with whom Solicitor General Jackson, Assistant Attorney General Shea, and Messrs. Paul A. Sweeney and Charles A. Horsky were on the brief, for the United States. Mr. Prentice E. Edrington, with whom Mr. Herman J. Galloway was on the brief, for respondent.

Cases that cite this one

15 later published cases cite this decision.

United States v. Moorman (Supreme Court of the United States 1950)
Tobin Quarries, Inc. v. Central Nebraska Public Power & Irrigation Dist. (United States District Court, Nebraska 1946)
ATL, Inc. v. United States (Court of Claims 1983)
United States v. Norris Looney, Doing Business as the Norris Looney Company (9th Cir. 1955)
Wildermuth v. United States (7th Cir. 1952)
United States v. Foster Transfer Co. (9th Cir. 1950)
Alamo Construction Co. v. United States (Court of Claims 1949)
Mitchell Canneries, Inc. v. United States (Court of Claims 1948)
Union Paving Co. v. United States (Court of Claims 1946)
Evans Electrical Const. Co. v. Wm. S. Lozier, Inc. (District Court, W.D. Missouri 1946)
United States v. Beuttas (Supreme Court of the United States 1945)
McCloskey & Co. v. United States (Court of Claims 1945)
Globe Indemnity Co. v. United States (Court of Claims 1944)
A. Guthrie & Co. v. United States (Court of Claims 1944)
English Const. Co. v. United States (United States District Court for the District of Delaware 1942)

This list shows which later cases cite this one. It does not say how they treated it, and no review of that has been done. Not a substitute for Shepard’s or KeyCite — verify before relying.

Opinion of the Court

Per Curiam:

The judgment is reversed, and the cause is remanded to the Court of Claims with instructions to enter, judgment in favor of the United States. Plumley v. United States, 226 U. S. 545, 547; Merrill-Ruckgaber Co. v. United States, 241 U. S. 387, 393.

Order amended, -post, p. 520.

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