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CREST FINANCE CO., INC., v. UNITED STATES, 1961 — 368 U.S. 347 · caselaw · US
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CREST FINANCE CO., INC., v. UNITED STATES
368 U.S. 347·Supreme Court of the United States·1961
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CREST FINANCE CO., INC., v. UNITED STATES.
No. 325.
Decided December 18, 1961.
Edmund L. Jones for petitioner.
Solicitor General Cox, Assistant Attorney General Oberdorfer, Wayne G. Barnett, Joseph Kovner and George F. Lynch for the United States.
Benjamin M. Nathan and Theodore M. Newman for National Commercial Finance Conference, Inc., as amicus curiae, in support of the petition.
[MAJORITY — Per Curiam.]
Per Curiam.
In the light of the Solicitor General's concession that petitioner’s lien is choate, and the Court agreeing therewith, certiorari is granted, the judgment is vacated and the case is remanded to the Court of Appeals for further proceedings not inconsistent with this opinion.