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ALITALIA-LINEE AEREE ITALIANE, S. p. A. v. LISI et al., 1968 — 390 U.S. 455 · caselaw · US
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ALITALIA-LINEE AEREE ITALIANE, S. p. A. v. LISI et al.
390 U.S. 45520 L. Ed. 2d 27·Supreme Court of the United States·1968
Mr. Justice Marshall took no part in the consideration or decision of this case.
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Opinion
ALITALIA-LINEE AEREE ITALIANE, S. p. A. v. LISI et al.
No. 70.
Argued March 11, 1968.
Decided March 25, 1968.
George N. Tompkins, Jr., argued the cause for petitioner. With him on the briefs was Austin P. Magner.
Theodore E. Wolcott argued the cause and filed a brief for respondents.
Briefs of amici curiae, urging reversal, were filed by Edwin Longcope for the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; by Robert MacCrate for Canada; by Alfred C. Clapp for the Republic of Italy; and by John E. Stephen, Joseph F. Healy, Jr., Harold L. Warner, Jr., Carl S. Rowe and Paul G. Pennoyer, Jr., for the Air Transport Association of America et al.
Briefs of amici curiae, urging affirmance, were filed by Samuel Langermm and Walter H. Beckham, Jr., for the American Trial Lawyers Association, by Stuart M. Speiser for Arnold Holtzman, and by Lee S. Kreindler for Bates Block.
Briefs of amici curiae were filed by Solicitor General Griswold, Morton Hollander and Joseph B. Goldman for the Civil Aeronautics Board, and by William A. Jennings for the Airline Passengers Association.
[MAJORITY — Per Curiam.]
Per Curiam.
The judgments are affirmed by an equally divided Court.
Mr. Justice Marshall took no part in the consideration or decision of this case.