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City of Detroit et al. v. Murray Corporation of America et al.
352 U.S. 960·Supreme Court of the United States·1957
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Opinion
No. 401.
City of Detroit et al. v. Murray Corporation of America et al.
G. Edwin Slater for the City of Detroit, and Philip A. McHugh and Albert E. Champney for Wayne County, Michigan, appellants. Solicitor General Rankin, Assistant Attorney General Rice, Hilbert P. Zarky and Lyle M. Turner for the United States, and Victor W. Klein for the Murray Corporation of America, appellees. Walter J. Mattison and Harry G. Slater filed a brief for the City of Milwaukee, as amicus curiae, supporting appellants.
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Appeal from the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. Further consideration of the question of jurisdiction is postponed to the hearing of the case on the merits.