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World War II Naval and Maritime Claims Against the United States: Cases in the Federal Court of Claims, 1937-1948

World War II Naval and Maritime Claims Against the United States: Cases in the Federal Court of Claims, 1937-1948

Williams, Greg H.

Paperback

BoatingGeneral LawWorld War II

ISBN10: 0786425016
ISBN13: 9780786425013
Publisher: McFarland & Company
Published: Oct 2 2006
Pages: 200
Weight: 0.81
Height: 0.46 Width: 6.78 Depth: 10.16
Language: English

Before December 1941, the United States had determinedly maintained an isolationist foreign policy and stubbornly remained neutral in the European war. With the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, this position changed overnight. Now faced with the prospect of war yet ill-prepared for the eventuality, the United States government found itself scrambling to launch a war effort. The Great Depression economy led to an inadequate supply of fast, modern ships and this, coupled with wartime losses worldwide quickly created a demand which far outstripped production. This generally left the government only one realistic option--seizure of vessels and other property from private owners. Although the government had this power, under the Fifth Amendment to the Constitution private property owners were entitled to just compensation for their goods. During and after the war, multiple lawsuits were filed against the government seeking retribution for transportation of pre- and post-war refugees, repatriation of destitute seamen, loss of pay, patent infringement and requisition of vessels for government service.

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