General
Decker, U. S. District Judge, et al. v. Harper & Row Publishers, Inc., et al.
397 U.S. 1073·Supreme Court of the United States·1970
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Opinion
No. 1337.
Decker, U. S. District Judge, et al. v. Harper & Row Publishers, Inc., et al.
Lee A. Freeman and Lee A. Freeman, Jr., for petitioners. H. Templeton Brown, Robert L. Stern, and Lee N. Abrams for respondent William Morrow & Co., Inc., W. Donald McSweeney for respondents Bobbs-Merrill Co., Inc., et al., Earl E. Pollock for respondent Baker & Taylor Co., Peter Gruenberger for respondents Charles Scribner's Sons et al., Conrad W. Oberdorfer for respondent Houghton Mifflin Co., Earl A. Jinkinson for respondent Franklin Watts, Inc., Edgar E. Barton for respondent McGraw-Hill Book Co., Leo Rosen and Roger Hunting for respondents Thomas Y. Crowell Co. et al., Samuel Weisbard for respondent Golden Press, Inc., Bruce Hecker and David P. List for respondent Campbell & Hall, Inc., and Nathan Blumberg for respondent Follett Library Book Co.
[MAJORITY]
C. A. 7th Cir. Certiorari granted.