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Waterman Steamship Corp. v. Skibinski
387 U.S. 921·Supreme Court of the United States·1967
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Opinion
No. 378.
Waterman Steamship Corp. v. Skibinski.
Sidney A. Schwartz for petitioner. William A. Blank and Wilfred L. Davis for respondent. Cornelius P. Coughlan for American Merchant Marine Institute, Inc., as amicus curiae, in support of the petition. Arthur J. Mandell for American Trial Lawyers Association, as amicus curiae, in opposition to the petition.
[MAJORITY]
C. A. 2d Cir. Motions of American Merchant Marine Institute, Inc., and American Trial Lawyers Association for leave to file briefs, as amici curiae, granted. Certiorari denied.