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Wisconsin et al. v. Illinois et al.; Michigan v. Illinois et al.; New York v. Illinois et al.; and Illinois v. Michigan et al., 1960 — 361 U.S. 956 · caselaw · US
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Wisconsin et al. v. Illinois et al.; Michigan v. Illinois et al.; New York v. Illinois et al.; and Illinois v. Michigan et al.
361 U.S. 956·Supreme Court of the United States·1960
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Solicitor General Rankin, Assistant Attorney General Morton, David R. Warner and Walter Kiechel, Jr. for the United States. Consent of the State of Illinois and the Metropolitan Sanitary District of Greater Chicago to intervention by the United States was filed by Grenville Beardsley, Attorney General of Illinois, William C. Wines, Assistant Attorney General, Lawrence J. Fenlon, Peter G. Kuh, George A. Lane, Joseph B. Fleming, Joseph H. Pleck and Thomas M. Thomas. Consent of the States of Wisconsin, Minnesota, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Michigan and New York to intervention by the United States was filed by John W. Reynolds, Attorney General of Wisconsin, and Roy Tulane, Assistant Attorney General; Miles Lord, Attorney General of Minnesota, and Raymond A. Haik, Special Assistant' Attorney General; Mark McElroy, Attorney General of Ohio, and Jay Flowers, Assistant Attorney General; Anne X. Alpern, Attorney General of Pennsylvania, and Lois. G. Forer, Deputy Attorney General; Paul L. Adams, Attorney General of Michigan, Samuel J. Torina, Solicitor General, and Nicholas V. Olds, Assistant Attorney General; Louis J. Lefkowitz, Attorney General of New York, Pdxton Blair,. Solicitor General, Richard H. Shepp, Assistant Attorney General; and Randall J. LeBoeuf, Jr., Special Assistant Attorney General; and Herbert H. Naujoks, Special. Assistant to the Attorneys General.
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The motion of the United States for leave to intervene is granted and the parties are allowed 45 days within which to file responses to such petition of intervention.