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St. Joe Paper Co. et al. v. Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Co.; Conn et al. v. Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Co.; Lynch et al. v. Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Co.; and Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Co. v. St. Joe Paper Co. et al., 1955 — 348 U.S. 963 · caselaw · US
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St. Joe Paper Co. et al. v. Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Co.; Conn et al. v. Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Co.; Lynch et al. v. Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Co.; and Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Co. v. St. Joe Paper Co. et al.
348 U.S. 963·Supreme Court of the United States·1955
Mr. Justice Black and Mr. Justice Clark took no part in the consideration or decision of these applications.
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Opinion
No. 536.
No. 544.
No. 552.
No. 573.
St. Joe Paper Co. et al. v. Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Co.; Conn et al. v. Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Co.; Lynch et al. v. Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Co.; and Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Co. v. St. Joe Paper Co. et al.
William D. Mitchell, Edward E. Watts, Jr. and Dinsmore Adams for petitioners in No. 536 and the St. Joe Paper Co. et al., respondents in No. 573.
Henry P. Adair, Fred H. Kent and Donald Russell for the DuPont Trustees et al., and Giles J. Patterson and John R. Turney for the St. Joe Paper Co., petitioners in No. 536 and respondents in No. 573.
Clifton S. Thomson and Chester Bedell for Aird et al., Clarence M. Mulholland and Edward J. Hickey, Jr. for the Railway Labor Executives’ Association, Harold J. Gallagher, Walter H. Brown, Jr. and James B. McDonough, Jr. for the Seaboard Air Line Railroad Co., and Sidney S. Alderman and Henry L. Walker for the Southern Railway System et al., petitioners in No. 536.
Howard P. Macfarlane and George W. Erickson for Conn et al., and Miller Walton for Welbon et al., petitioners in No. 544.
J. Turner Butler, John T. G. Crawford and Willard P. Scott for petitioners in No. 552.
Edward W. Bourne, Charles Cook Howell, Charles Cook Howell, Jr. and Richard B. Gwathmey for the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Co.
[MAJORITY]
C. A. 5th Cir. Certiorari denied.
Reported below: 216 F. 2d 832.
Mr. Justice Black and Mr. Justice Clark took no part in the consideration or decision of these applications.