Hartsville Oil Mill v. United States

Hartsville Oil Mill v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued March 3, 4, 1926
Decided April 12, 1926
Full case nameHartsville Oil Mill v. United States
Citations271 U.S. 43 (more)
46 S. Ct. 389; 70 L. Ed. 822; 1926 U.S. LEXIS 860; 42 Cont.Cas.Fed. (CCH) ¶ 77,306
Case history
Prior60 Ct.Cl. 712, 1925 WL 2676 (Ct.Cl.)
Holding
Affirmed
Court membership
Chief Justice
William H. Taft
Associate Justices
Oliver W. Holmes Jr. · Willis Van Devanter
James C. McReynolds · Louis Brandeis
George Sutherland · Pierce Butler
Edward T. Sanford · Harlan F. Stone
Case opinion
Per curiam
Sutherland took no part in the consideration or decision of the case.

Hartsville Oil Mill v. United States, 271 U.S. 43 (1926), is a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held that the jurisdiction of the Court of Claims was not enlarged by Congressional reference legislation when the court already had jurisdiction to hear the case under another section of the Judicial Code.[1] Additionally the court held that modification to the contract in question was not by duress as there had not been an inadequate power in the courts to remedy the effects of the threatened actions.[2]

  1. ^ Hartsville Oil Mill v. United States, 271 U.S. 43 (1926).
  2. ^ Hartsville Oil Mill, 271 U.S. at 49.