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District of Columbia v. John R. Thompson Co., Inc.
345 U.S. 921·Supreme Court of the United States·1953
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Opinion
No. 617.
District of Columbia v. John R. Thompson Co., Inc.
Vernon E. West, Chester H. Gray and Edward A. Beard for petitioner.
Ringgold Hart, John J. Wilson and Jo V. Morgan, Jr. for respondent.
Attorney General Brownell, Acting Solicitor General Stern and Philip Elman filed a brief for the United States, as amicus curiae, in support of the petition for a writ of certiorari.
[MAJORITY]
United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. Certiorari granted.