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Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co. et al. v. Summerfield, Postmaster General, 1956 — 351 U.S. 926 · caselaw · US
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Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co. et al. v. Summerfield, Postmaster General
351 U.S. 926·Supreme Court of the United States·1956
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Opinion
No. 720.
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co. et al. v. Summerfield, Postmaster General.
J. Carter Fort, Gregory S. Prince, Francis M. Shea, Philip F. Welsh and Lawrence J. Latto for petitioners. M. L. Countryman, Jr. for the Northern Pacific Railway Co., and Stanfield B. Johnson and Robert J. McLean for the Southern Pacific Co., petitioners. Solicitor General Sobeloff, Acting Assistant Attorney General Leonard, Paul A. Sweeney, Edward H. Hickey, Morton Hollander, Abe McGregor Goff and Eugene J. Brahm for respondent.
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United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. Certiorari denied.