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Phoenix Assurance Co. of New York v. City of Buckner, Missouri, et al., 1962 — 371 U.S. 903 · caselaw · US
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Phoenix Assurance Co. of New York v. City of Buckner, Missouri, et al.
371 U.S. 903·Supreme Court of the United States·1962
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Opinion
No. 393.
Phoenix Assurance Co. of New York v. City of Buckner, Missouri, et al.
Rodger J. Walsh for petitioner.
Clay C. Rogers for the City of Buckner, and Solicitor General Cox, Acting Assistant Attorney General Guilfoyle and Alan S. Rosenthal for the Housing & Home Finance Administrator, respondents.
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Motion of respondent City of Buckner to assess damages and petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit denied.