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Murphy Oil Corp. v. United States, 1965 — 380 U.S. 979 · caselaw · US
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Murphy Oil Corp. v. United States
380 U.S. 979·Supreme Court of the United States·1965
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Opinion
No. 899.
Murphy Oil Corp. v. United States.
Vester T. Hughes, Jr., J. A, O’Connor, Jr., and William J. Wynne for petitioner. Solicitor General Cox, Assistant Attorney General Oher-dorfer, Melva M. Graney and Thomas L. Stapleton for the United States. Richard A. Freling, pro se; W. M. Sutton for Shamrock Oil & Gas Corp.; and Fred M. Vinson, Jr., and James A. Anderson III for Ashland Oil & Refining Co., as amici curiae, in support of the petition.
[MAJORITY]
C. A. 8th Cir. Motions of Ashland Oil & Refining Co. and Richard A. Freling for leave to file briefs, as amici curiae, granted. Certiorari denied.