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Glidden Company v. Zdanok et al., 1961 — 368 U.S. 814 · caselaw · US
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Glidden Company v. Zdanok et al.
368 U.S. 814·Supreme Court of the United States·1961
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Opinion
No. 242.
Glidden Company v. Zdanok et al.
Chester Bordean for petitioner. Morris Shapiro and Harry Katz for respondents.
Carl M. Could for California Manufacturers Association; Daniel S. Ring for National Paint, Varnish and Lacquer Association, Inc.; Ashley Sellers and Jesse E. Baskette for National Association of Margarine Manufacturers; Clarence D. Laylin and John Eckler for Ohio Chamber of Commerce; Henry E. Seyfarth for Illinois State Chamber of Commerce; Jerome Ackerman for the Institute of Shortening and Edible Oils, Inc.; Charles H. Tuttle for American Spice Trade Association; John E. Branch for the Georgia State Chamber of Commerce; Frank C. Heath for the Chamber of Commerce of Cleveland, Ohio; and William B. Barton for the Chamber of Commerce of the United States, as amici curiae.
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Motions of California Manufacturers Association; National Paint, Varnish and Lacquer Association, Inc.; National Association of Margarine Manufacturers; Ohio Chamber of Commerce; Illinois State Chamber of Commerce; Institute of Shortening and Edible Oils, Inc.; American Spice Trade Association; Georgia State Chamber of Commerce; Chamber of Commerce of Cleveland, Ohio; and Chamber of Commerce of the United States for leave to file briefs, as amici curiae, granted. Petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit granted limited to question (d) presented by the petition, which reads as follows:
“(d) Does participation by a Court of Claims judge vitiate the judgment of the Court of Appeals?”
In all other respects the petition for writ of certiorari is denied.
Pursuant to 28 U. S. C. § 2403, the Court hereby certifies to the Attorney General that there is drawn in question in this case the constitutionality of the Act of July 28, 1953, 67 Stat. 226 (28 U. S. C. § 171).
Briefs of amici curiae, in support of the petition, were filed by Francis M. Shea and Richard T. Conway for the Judges of the United States Court of Claims, and by Edward C. First, Jr. and Gilbert Nurick for the Pennsylvania State Chamber of Commerce.