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United States v. Maine et al.
395 U.S. 955·Supreme Court of the United States·1969
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Opinion
No. 35,
Orig.
United States v. Maine et al.
Attorney General Mitchell and Solicitor General Griswold for the United States.
James S. Erwin, Attorney General, and Robert G. Fuller, Jr., Assistant Attorney General, filed a brief in opposition for the State of Maine, joined by the Attorneys General for their respective States as follows: George S. Pappagianis of New Hampshire, Robert H. Quinn of Massachusetts, Herbert F. DeSimone of Rhode Island, Louis J. Lefkowitz of New York, Arthur J. Sills of New Jersey, David P. Buckson of Delaware, Francis B. Burch of Maryland, Robert Y. Button of Virginia, Robert B. Morgan of North Carolina, Daniel R. McLeod of South Carolina, Arthur K. Bolton of Georgia, and Earl Fair cloth of Florida.
[MAJORITY]
Motion for leave to file bill of complaint granted and defendant States allowed 60 days to answer.