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United States v. Pfitsch, 256 U.S. 547 (1921)
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United States v. Pfitsch, 256 U.S. 547 (1921)
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United States v. Pfitsch No. 246 Argued March 22, 1921 Restored to docket for reargument on question of jurisdiction April 11, 1921 Reargued April 25, 1921 Decided June 1, 1921 256 U.S. 547
ERROR TO THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES
FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK
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Section 10 of the Lever Act (August 10, 1917, c. 53, 40 Stat. 276, 279), providing that any person dissatisfied with the President’s award for supplies requisitioned under that section shall receive 75% of the award and may sue the United States for the balance claimed, confers jurisdiction on the district court "to hear and determine all such controversies," while other sections of the act providing for requisition and award in respect of other classes of property, entitle persons dissatisfied to sue the United States "in the manner provided by 24, par. 20, and § 145 of the Judicial Code," which confer concurrent jurisdiction on the district court and the Court of Claims to adjudicate claims against the United States. Held, referring to the legislative history of the act and to other acts in pari materia, that the jurisdiction under § 10 is conferred exclusively on the district court as part of their ordinary jurisdiction over actions at law for money, of which the right to trial by jury is an incident, and that a judgment rendered under that section is therefore not reviewable in this Court by direct writ of error. P. 550.
Writ of error dismissed.
Error to review a judgment of the district court in an action under § 10 of the Lever Act. The facts are stated in the opinion.
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Chicago: U.S. Supreme Court, "Syllabus," United States v. Pfitsch, 256 U.S. 547 (1921) in 256 U.S. 547 256 U.S. 548. Original Sources, accessed November 22, 2024, http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=NTA9A1VRP494BF6.
MLA: U.S. Supreme Court. "Syllabus." United States v. Pfitsch, 256 U.S. 547 (1921), in 256 U.S. 547, page 256 U.S. 548. Original Sources. 22 Nov. 2024. http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=NTA9A1VRP494BF6.
Harvard: U.S. Supreme Court, 'Syllabus' in United States v. Pfitsch, 256 U.S. 547 (1921). cited in 1921, 256 U.S. 547, pp.256 U.S. 548. Original Sources, retrieved 22 November 2024, from http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=NTA9A1VRP494BF6.
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