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Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad Co. v. United States et al.; and Benson, Secretary of Agriculture, v. United States et al.
364 U.S. 860·Supreme Court of the United States·1960
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Opinion
No. 306.
Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad Co. v. United States et al.; and Benson, Secretary of Agriculture, v. United States et al.
No. 307.
E. R. Eckersall, E. 0. Schiewe, R. K. Merrill and B. E. Lutterman for appellant in No. 306. Carl J. Stephens, Neil Brooks and Donald A. Campbell for appellant in No. 307. Solicitor General Rankin, Assistant Attorney General Bicks, Richard A. Solomon, Robert W. Ginnane and Charlie H. Johns, Jr. for the United States. Fletcher Rockwood, Marcellus L. Countryman, Jr., Anthony Kane, Louis E. Torinus, Jr., Charles A. Hart, Jordan J. Hillman, Martin L. Cassell and Richard Musenbrock for the appellee railroad companies.
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Appeals from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin. Probable jurisdiction noted.
Reported below: 182 F. Supp. 81.