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Contracts · MBE-tested
KISSINGER et al. v. HALPERIN et al.
452 U.S. 71369 L. Ed. 2d 367·Supreme Court of the United States·1981
Justice Rehnquist took no part in the consideration or decision of this case.
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Opinion
KISSINGER et al. v. HALPERIN et al.
No. 79-880.
Argued December 8, 1980
Decided June 22, 1981
Solicitor General McCree argued the cause for petitioners. With him on the briefs were Assistant Attorney General Daniel, Deputy Solicitor General Geller, Mark I. Levy, Barbara L. Herwig, and Larry L. Gregg.
Mark H. Lynch argued the cause for respondents. With him on the brief were John H. F. Shattuck, Alan B. Morrison, and John Cary Sims.
Briefs of amici curiae urging affirmance were filed by Bertram Zweibon, pro se, for Bertram Zweibon et al.; and by Leon Friedman, Floyd Abrams, Gerald J. Brown, and James C. Goodale for Hedrick Smith et al.
[MAJORITY — Per Curiam.]
Per Curiam.
The judgment with respect to petitioners Kissinger, Nixon, and Mitchell is affirmed by an equally divided Court. With respect to petitioner Haldeman, the writ of certiorari is dismissed as improvidently granted.
Justice Rehnquist took no part in the consideration or decision of this case.