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Porto Rico Telephone Co. v. Descartes, Secretary of the Treasury of Puerto Rico
358 U.S. 831·Supreme Court of the United States·1958
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Opinion
No. 229.
Porto Rico Telephone Co. v. Descartes, Secretary of the Treasury of Puerto Rico.
George Jackson Eder for petitioner. Francisco Espinosa, Jr., Acting Attorney General of Puerto Rico, Arturo Estrella and Carlos G. Latimer, Assistant Attorneys General, and Jose Trias Monge for respondent.
[MAJORITY]
C. A. 1st Cir. Certiorari denied.