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Decker, U. S. District Judge, et al. v. Harper & Row Publishers, Inc., et al.
399 U.S. 903·Supreme Court of the United States·1970
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Opinion
No. 1337.
Decker, U. S. District Judge, et al. v. Harper & Row Publishers, Inc., et al.
[MAJORITY]
C. A. 7th Cir. [Certiorari granted, 397 U. S. 1073.] Further consideration of motion of petitioners for leave to supplement record and motion of respondents to strike portions of petitioners’ designation of record postponed to hearing of case on the merits. Material submitted with petitioners’ motion may be lodged with the Clerk.