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Pan American Petroleum Corp. v. Superior Court of Delaware in and for New Castle County et al.; Texaco, Inc., v. Superior Court of Delaware in and for New Castle County et al.; and Columbian Fuel Corp. v. Superior Court of Delaware in and for New Castle County et al., 1960 — 363 U.S. 818 · caselaw · US
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Pan American Petroleum Corp. v. Superior Court of Delaware in and for New Castle County et al.; Texaco, Inc., v. Superior Court of Delaware in and for New Castle County et al.; and Columbian Fuel Corp. v. Superior Court of Delaware in and for New Castle County et al.
363 U.S. 818·Supreme Court of the United States·1960
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No. 914.
No. 915.
No. 916.
Pan American Petroleum Corp. v. Superior Court of Delaware in and for New Castle County et al.; Texaco, Inc., v. Superior Court of Delaware in and for New Castle County et al.; and Columbian Fuel Corp. v. Superior Court of Delaware in and for New Castle County et al.
Hugh M. Morris, James M. Tunnell, Jr., Byron M. Gray, William J. Grove, L. A. Thompson and W. W. Heard for petitioner in No. 914. John J. Wilson, Frank H. Strickler, Paul F. Schlicher, James M. Tunnell, Jr. and Andrew B. Kirkpatrick, Jr. for petitioner in No. 915. James M. Tunnell, Jr. and Andrew B. Kirkpatrick, Jr. for petitioner in No. 916. Conrad C. Mount, Jack Werner, Harry S. Littman and Howard L. Williams for Cities Service Gas Co., respondent.
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Supreme Court of Delaware. Certiorari granted.
Reported below: 52 Del. -, 158 A. 2d 478.