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Civil Procedure · MBE-tested
NEW YORK v. UNITED STATES et al.
396 U.S. 281·Supreme Court of the United States·1970
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Opinion
NEW YORK v. UNITED STATES et al.
No. 100.
Decided January 12, 1970
Louis J. Lefkowitz, Attorney General of New York, Dunton F. Tynan, Assistant Solicitor General, and Walter J. Myskowski for appellant in No. 100. Gordon P. Mac-Dougall, William G. Mahoney, and C. C. Sheldon, Assistant Attorney General of Nebraska, for appellants in No. 520.
Solicitor General Griswold, Assistant Attorney General McLaren, Robert W. Ginnane, and Jerome Nelson for the United States et al. in No. 100. Solicitor General Griswold, Assistant Attorney General McLaren, and Fritz R. Kahn for the United States et al. in No. 520. Wallace R. Steffen for Erie Lackawanna Railway Co., appellee in No. 100. George G. Coughlin for Broome County Chamber of Commerce, appellee in No. 100, supporting the position of the appellant. Howard J. Trienens and Richard T. Cubbage for Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Co., appellee in No. 520.
Together with No. 520, City of Sheridan et al. v. United States et al., on appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Wyoming.
[MAJORITY — Per Curiam.]
Per Curiam.
The motions to affirm are granted and the judgments are affirmed.