Williams Wilkins Company v. United States, 73-1279
| Decision Date | 25 February 1975 |
| Docket Number | No. 73-1279,73-1279 |
| Citation | 43 L.Ed.2d 264,95 S.Ct. 1344,420 U.S. 376 |
| Parties | The WILLIAMS & WILKINS COMPANY, petitioner, v. UNITED STATES |
| Court | U.S. Supreme Court |
Alan Latman, New York City, for petitioner.
Sol. Gen. Robert H. Bork, for respondent.
On writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Claims.
The judgment is affirmed by an equally divided Court.
Mr. Justice BLACKMUN took no part in the decision of this case.
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