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Illinois v. Missouri, 1965 — 380 U.S. 969 · caselaw · US
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Illinois v. Missouri
380 U.S. 969·Supreme Court of the United States·1965
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Opinion
No. 18,
Original.
Illinois v. Missouri.
William G. Clark, Attorney General of Illinois, Richard A. Michael, Assistant Attorney General, and Terence F. MacCarthy, Special Assistant Attorney General, for plaintiff. Norman H. Anderson, Attorney General of Missouri, and J. Gordon Siddens and Howard L. McFadden, Assistant Attorneys General, for defendant.
[MAJORITY]
Motion for leave to file bill of complaint granted and State of Missouri allowed sixty days to answer.
[For earlier orders herein, see 379 U. S. 952; ante, p. 901.]