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Silesian Holding Co. et al. v. Union Bank of Switzerland et al.; and Brownell, Attorney General, Successor to the Alien Property Custodian, v. Union Bank of Switzerland et al.
348 U.S. 881·Supreme Court of the United States·1954
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Opinion
No. 16.
No. 17.
Silesian Holding Co. et al. v. Union Bank of Switzerland et al.; and Brownell, Attorney General, Successor to the Alien Property Custodian, v. Union Bank of Switzerland et al.
Horace G. Hitchcock for the Silesian Holding Company, William Gilligan for the Silesian-American Corporation, and Charles E. Scribner for the Bondholders Protective Committee, petitioners in No. 16.
Ralph D. Ray was also of counsel. Robert L. Stern, then Acting Solicitor General, and William H. Timbers for petitioner in No. 17.
Lawrence J. McKay and Dudley B. Tenney for respondents.
[MAJORITY]
On petitions for writs of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. The motion to defer consideration of the petitions for writs of certiorari until March 1,1955, is granted.
Reported below: 204 F. 2d 603.