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Thompson v. Kawasaki Kisen, K. K., et al., 1966 — 382 U.S. 987 · caselaw · US
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Thompson v. Kawasaki Kisen, K. K., et al.
382 U.S. 987·Supreme Court of the United States·1966
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Opinion
No. 643.
Thompson v. Kawasaki Kisen, K. K., et al.
Eugene X. Giroux for petitioner.
Seymour P. Edgerton for Kawasaki Kisen, K. K., and C. Keefe Hurley for Bay State Steve-doring Co., respondents.
Harvey Goldstein for American Trial Lawyers Association, as amicus curiae, in support of the petition.
[MAJORITY]
C. A. 1st Cir. Motion of the American Trial Lawyers Association for leave to file brief, as amicus curiae, granted. Certiorari denied.