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Chemical Bank New York Trust Co., Trustee v. The Westhampton, formerly The Montauk Point
385 U.S. 921·Supreme Court of the United States·1966
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Opinion
No. 401.
Chemical Bank New York Trust Co., Trustee v. The Westhampton, formerly The Montauk Point.
William A. Grimes for petitioner.
David R. Owen, Sol C. Berenholtz and Solomon Kaplan for Fertex Steamship Corp. et al., and Bethuel M. Webster for Kheel et al., intervenors below.
H. Struve Hensel for the Government of the Bundesrepublik Deutschland, as amicus curiae.
[MAJORITY]
C. A. 4th Cir. Motion of the Government of the Bundesrepublik Deutschland for leave to file brief, as amicus curiae, granted. Certiorari denied.