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 name	Hartsville Oil Mill v. United States
Citations	271 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
Prior	60 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]