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City of Kansas City, Missouri, v. Federal Pacific Electric Co. et al.
371 U.S. 912·Supreme Court of the United States·1962
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Opinion
No. 422.
City of Kansas City, Missouri, v. Federal Pacific Electric Co. et al.
Keith Wilson, Jr. for petitioner.
Ralph M. Jones and Charles B. Blackmar for General Electric Co., respondent.
Leo A. Larkin, Charles S. Rhyne, Lenox G. Cooper, John C. Melaniphy, David Berger and J. Elliott Drinard for the National Institute of Municipal Law Officers, as amicus curiae, in support of the petition.
Richard S. Righter, Carl E. Enggas and John H. Pickering for Westinghouse Electric Corp. et al., as amici curiae, in opposition.
[MAJORITY]
Motion of petitioner for leave to amend the petition for certiorari granted. Motion of Westinghouse Electric Corp. et al. for leave to file brief, as amici curiae, granted. Petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit denied.