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Sunbeam Corporation v. Wentling
341 U.S. 944·Supreme Court of the United States·1951
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Opinion
No. 538.
Sunbeam Corporation v. Wentling.
Herman T. Van Mell, Ira Jewell Williams, Jr., Thomas Rae-burn White and Ira Jewell Williams for petitioner. Gilbert Nurick for respondent. Briefs of amici curiae supporting the petition were filed by Ivan A. Elliott, Attorney General, and William C. Wines, Robert J. Bur-dett and John T. Coburn, Assistant Attorneys General, for the State of Illinois; and Robert E. Woodside, Attorney General, and Harry F. Stambaugh for the State of Pennsylvania.
[MAJORITY]
On petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. Per Curiam: The petition for writ of certiorari is granted. The judgment of the Court of Appeals is vacated and the case is remanded to that court for reconsideration in the light of Schwegmann Brothers v. Calvert Distillers Corp., ante, p. 384.