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United States for the Benefit of Sherman et al., Trustees, v. Carter et al., doing business as Carter Construction Co., et al.
351 U.S. 917·Supreme Court of the United States·1956
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Opinion
No. 752.
United States for the Benefit of Sherman et al., Trustees, v. Carter et al., doing business as Carter Construction Co., et al.
Gardiner Johnson and Charles P. Scully for petitioners. John Walton Dinkelspiel for the Hartford Accident & Indemnity Co., respondent.
[MAJORITY]
C. A. 9th Cir. Certiorari granted.