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Nacirema Operating Co., Inc., et al. v. Johnson et al.; and Traynor et al., Deputy Commissioners v. Johnson et al., 1968 — 393 U.S. 976 · caselaw · US
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Nacirema Operating Co., Inc., et al. v. Johnson et al.; and Traynor et al., Deputy Commissioners v. Johnson et al.
393 U.S. 976·Supreme Court of the United States·1968
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Opinion
No. 528.
No. 663.
Nacirema Operating Co., Inc., et al. v. Johnson et al.; and Traynor et al., Deputy Commissioners v. Johnson et al.
William A. Grimes and Randall C. Coleman for Nacirema Operating Co., Inc., and William B. Bley for Liberty Mutual Insurance Co., petitioners in No. 528; and Solicitor General Griswold, Assistant Attorney General Weisl, and John C. Eldridge for petitioners in No. 663. John J. O’Connor, Jr., and Leroy W. Preston for respondents Johnson et al., and Ralph Rabinowitz for respondent Avery, in No. 528. Francis A. Scanlan, Edward D. Vick-ery, Scott H. Elder, and /. Stewart Harrison for National Association of Stevedores et al., as amici curiae, in support of the petition in No. 528.
[MAJORITY]
C. A. 4th Cir. Motion of respondent Avery in No. 528 to dispense with printing his brief in opposition granted. Certiorari granted. Cases are consolidated and one hour allotted for oral argument.