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MICHIGAN BELL TELEPHONE CO. v. CITY OF DETROIT, 1965 — 382 U.S. 107 · caselaw · US
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MICHIGAN BELL TELEPHONE CO. v. CITY OF DETROIT
382 U.S. 107·Supreme Court of the United States·1965
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MICHIGAN BELL TELEPHONE CO. v. CITY OF DETROIT.
No. 497.
Decided November 15, 1965
Thomas O. Long, James M. Smith and Donald E. Brown for appellant in No. 497. Harvey A. Fischer and Richard Ford for appellant in No. 498.
John H. Witherspoon for appellee.
Together with No. 498, Detroit Edison Co. v. City of Detroit, also on appeal from the same court.
[MAJORITY — Per Curiam.]
Per Curiam.
The motions to dismiss are granted and the appeals are dismissed for want of jurisdiction. Treating the papers whereon the appeals were taken as petitions for writs of certiorari, certiorari is denied.