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United States v. Atlantic Refining Co. et al., 1958 — 358 U.S. 808 · caselaw · US
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United States v. Atlantic Refining Co. et al.
358 U.S. 808·Supreme Court of the United States·1958
Mr. Justice Clark and Mr. Justice Harlan took no part in the consideration or decision of this application.
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Opinion
No. 210.
United States v. Atlantic Refining Co. et al.
Solicitor General Rankin, Assistant Attorney General Hansen, Daniel M. Friedman and W. Louise Florencourt for the United States. R. Sturgis Ingersoll and Bynum E. Hinton, Jr. for the Arapahoe Pipe Line Co., Hammond E. Shaffetz and Frederick M. Rowe for the Service Pipe Line Co. et al., Frank C. Bolton, Jr. and John E. McClure for the Magnolia Pipe Line Co., John J. Wilson and O. J. Dorwin for the Texas Pipe Line Co. et al., William F. Kenney and George S. Wolbert, Jr. for the Shell Pipe Line Corp., William Simon for the Plantation Pipe Line Co., R. L. Wagner and David T. Searls for the Great Lakes Pipe Line Co., Park Holland, Jr., Gentry Lee and Earvin R. Weaver for the Cities Service Pipe Line Co., Llewellyn C. Thomas, Caesar L. Aiello and G. B. Craig-hill, Jr. for the Continental Pipe Line Co., Nelson Jones and Joseph J. Smith, Jr. for the Humble Pipe Line Co., Joseph P. Walsh and Bynum E. Hinton, Jr. for the Sinclair Pipe Line Co., Arthur H. Dean, Roy H. Steyer and Hugh H. Obear for the Interstate Oil Pipe Line Co. et al., and Joseph P. Tumulty, Jr. and M. Joseph Matan for the Tidal Pipe Line Co. et al., appellees.
[MAJORITY]
Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. Probable jurisdiction noted.
Mr. Justice Clark and Mr. Justice Harlan took no part in the consideration or decision of this application.