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Civil Procedure · MBE-tested
Inches Steamship Co., Ltd., v. International Maritime Workers Union et al.
371 U.S. 804·Supreme Court of the United States·1962
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Opinion
No. 33.
Inches Steamship Co., Ltd., v. International Maritime Workers Union et al.
Herbert Brownell and Jack P. Jefferies on the motion for the Republic of Panama.
Lawrence Hunt on the motion for the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
Paul Barker and Neal Rutledge on the motion for the Seafarers’ International Union of North America, Atlantic & Gulf District, AFL-CIO.
[MAJORITY]
Certiorari, 368 U. S. 924, to the Court of Appeals of New York. The motions of the Republic of Panama; Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; and Seafarers’ International Union of North America, Atlantic & Gulf District, AFL-CIO, for leave to file briefs, as amici curiae, are granted.