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Mid-South Distributors et al. v. Federal Trade Commission
368 U.S. 838·Supreme Court of the United States·1961
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Opinion
No. 114.
Mid-South Distributors et al. v. Federal Trade Commission.
David C. Murchison and Robert L. Wald for petitioners. Solicitor General Cox, Assistant Attorney General Loevinger, Richard A. Solomon, James Mcl. Henderson and Alan B. Hobbes for respondent.
[MAJORITY]
Motion of Southwest Automotive Distributors, Inc., et al. for leave to file brief, as amici curiae, denied. Petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit denied.