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Court of Claims· 1/11/1955

Seery v. United States

Citations

  • 127 F. Supp. 601
  • 130 Ct. Cl. 481
  • 1955 U.S. Ct. Cl. LEXIS 45

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • holding that American citizen could state a cause of action for taking of real and personal property in Austria
  • holding naturalized United States citizen was entitled to compensation under the Fifth Amendment for property located in Austria
  • rejecting government’s enemy property defense because property belonging to military takings claimant was actually located in friendly territory when it was taken
  • rejecting government’s argument that takings claims should be dismissed because private property at issue was located in Austria
  • U.S. citizen had constitutional protection when her real and personal property in Austria was seized for use as a U.S. officers' club.
  • U.S. citizen had constitutional protection when her real and personal property in Austria was seized for use as a U.S. officers’ club.

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: Jones, Littleton, Whitaker, Madden, Laramore, Lara-More

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