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Universal Oil Products Co. v. William Whitman Co., Inc.; and American Safety Table Co. v. Singer Sewing Machine Co., 1949 — 335 U.S. 912 · caselaw · US
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Universal Oil Products Co. v. William Whitman Co., Inc.; and American Safety Table Co. v. Singer Sewing Machine Co.
335 U.S. 912·Supreme Court of the United States·1949
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Opinion
Nos. 439 and 440.
No. 441.
Universal Oil Products Co. v. William Whitman Co., Inc.; and American Safety Table Co. v. Singer Sewing Machine Co.
Ralph S. Harris, John R. McCullough and Adam M. Byrd for petitioner in Nos. 439 and 440. Edwin M. Ot-terbourg, Leon J. Obermayer and Charles A. Houston for petitioner in No. 441. Leslie Nichols for the William Whitman Co., respondent in Nos. 439 and 440; and Newton A. Burgess and John F. Ryan for respondent in No. 441. Solicitor General Perlman, Assistant Attorney General Morison, Alfred C. Aurich, Paul A. Sweeney and Melvin Richter filed a brief for the United States, as amicus curiae, opposing the petitions.
[MAJORITY]
C. A. 3d Cir. Certiorari denied.
Reported below: 169 F. 2d 514.