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Brownell, Attorney General, Successor to the Alien Property Custodian, v. Chase National Bank of New York, Trustee, et al., 1956 — 350 U.S. 964 · caselaw · US
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Brownell, Attorney General, Successor to the Alien Property Custodian, v. Chase National Bank of New York, Trustee, et al.
350 U.S. 964·Supreme Court of the United States·1956
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Opinion
No. 601.
Brownell, Attorney General, Successor to the Alien Property Custodian, v. Chase National Bank of New York, Trustee, et al.
Solicitor General Sobeloff, Assistant Attorney General Townsend, James D. Hill and George B. Searls for petitioner. Thomas A. Ryan for the Chase National Bank of New York, Samuel Anatole Lourie for Schaefer et al., and Arthur J. O’Leary and Kenneth J. Mullane for Schwarzburger et al., respondents.
[MAJORITY]
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department. Certiorari granted.
Mr. Justice Clark and Mr. Justice Harlan took no part in the consideration or decision of this application.