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Volkswagenwerk Aktiengesellschaft v. Federal Maritime Commission et al., 1967 — 388 U.S. 909 · caselaw · US
Admiralty
Volkswagenwerk Aktiengesellschaft v. Federal Maritime Commission et al.
388 U.S. 909·Supreme Court of the United States·1967
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Opinion
No. 1168.
Volkswagenwerk Aktiengesellschaft v. Federal Maritime Commission et al.
Walter Herzjeld, Cecilia H. Goetz, Richard A. Whiting, Robert J. Corber and Stanley J. Madden for petitioner.
Robert N. Katz and Walter H. Mayo III for Federal Maritime Commission, and Solicitor General Marshall and Assistant Attorney General Turner for the United States, respondents.
Edward D. Ransom and R. Frederic Fisher for Pacific Maritime Association, intervenor below.
[MAJORITY]
C. A. D. C. Cir. Certiorari granted.