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Silesian Holding Co. et al. v. Union Bank of Switzerland et al.; and Brownell, Attorney General, Successor to the Alien Property Custodian, v. Union Bank of Switzerland et al., 1956 — 350 U.S. 978 · caselaw · US
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Silesian Holding Co. et al. v. Union Bank of Switzerland et al.; and Brownell, Attorney General, Successor to the Alien Property Custodian, v. Union Bank of Switzerland et al.
350 U.S. 978·Supreme Court of the United States·1956
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Opinion
March 1, 1956.
No. 1.
No. 2.
Silesian Holding Co. et al. v. Union Bank of Switzerland et al.; and Brownell, Attorney General, Successor to the Alien Property Custodian, v. Union Bank of Switzerland et al.
Ralph D. Ray for the Silesian Holding Co., William Gilligan for the Silesian-American Corporation, and Charles E. Scribner for the Bondholders Protective Committee were on the stipulation for petitioners in No. 1. Solicitor General Sobeloff was on the stipulation for petitioner in No. 2. Lawrence J. McKay was on the stipulation for respondents.
See 350 U. S. 858.
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On petitions for writs of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. The petitions for writs of certiorari are dismissed per stipulation pursuant to Rule 60 of the Rules of this Court.