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Port of Boston Marine Terminal Assn. et al. v. Rederiaktiebolaget Transatlantic, 1970 — 397 U.S. 1035 · caselaw · US
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Port of Boston Marine Terminal Assn. et al. v. Rederiaktiebolaget Transatlantic
397 U.S. 1035·Supreme Court of the United States·1970
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Opinion
No. 1251.
Port of Boston Marine Terminal Assn. et al. v. Rederiaktiebolaget Transatlantic.
John M. Reed for petitioners Port of Boston Marine Terminal Assn, et al. George F. Gotland and Amy Scupi for respondent. Solicitor General Griswold, Assistant Attorney General Mc-Laren, Howard E. Shapiro, Irwin A. Seibel, and Gordon M. Shaw for the United States et al. as amici curiae in support of the petition.
[MAJORITY]
C. A. 1st Cir. Certiorari granted.