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Delaware et al. v. New York et al., 1966 — 385 U.S. 895 · caselaw · US
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Delaware et al. v. New York et al.
385 U.S. 895·Supreme Court of the United States·1966
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Delaware et al. v. New York et al.
The following officials for their respective States on the motions: Robert Matthews, Attorney General of Kentucky, and Holland N. McTyeire, Assistant Attorney General; Edward Friedman, Attorney General of Pennsylvania; Frank L. Farrar, Attorney General of South Dakota, and Walter W. Andre, Assistant Attorney General; Helgi Johanneson, Attorney General of North Dakota, and Paul M. Sand, First Assistant Attorney General; Charles Nesbitt, Attorney General of Oklahoma; Phil L. Hansen, Attorney General of Utah, and Ronald N. Boyce, Assistant Attorney General; John F. Raper, Attorney General of Wyoming; Earl Faircloth, Attorney General of Florida; Laurence F. Scalise, Attorney General of Iowa; Bruce Bennett, Attorney General of Arkansas; Robert C. Londerholm, Attorney General of Kansas, and C. Donald Robertson, Attorney General of West Virginia, and George H. Mitchell, Assistant Attorney General. David P. Buckson, Attorney General of Delaware, Robert G. Dixon, Jr., and James C. Kirby, Jr., for plaintiff State of Delaware. Louis J. Lefkowitz, Attorney General of New York, Samuel A. Hirshowitz, First Assistant Attorney General, and Amy Juviler and Brenda Soloff, Assistant Attorneys General, for defendant State of New York.
[MAJORITY]
The separate motions of the Commonwealths of Kentucky and Pennsylvania, and the States of South Dakota, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Utah, Wyoming, Florida, Iowa, Arkansas, Kansas and West Virginia, for permission to be realigned as plaintiffs, are granted. The motion for leave to file a bill of complaint is denied.