Holt v. Alleghany Corporation Holt v. Kirby, s. 131
Decision Date | 18 April 1966 |
Docket Number | Nos. 131,132,s. 131 |
Citation | 16 L.Ed.2d 335,384 U.S. 28,86 S.Ct. 1250 |
Parties | Margaret L. HOLT et al., Petitioners, v. ALLEGHANY CORPORATION et al. Margaret L. HOLT et al., Petitioners, v. Allan P. KIRBY et al |
Court | U.S. Supreme Court |
384 U.S. 28
86 S.Ct. 1250
16 L.Ed.2d 335
Margaret L. HOLT et al., Petitioners,
v. ALLEGHANY CORPORATION et al.
Margaret L. HOLT et al., Petitioners,
v. Allan P. KIRBY et al.
Nos. 131, 132.
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued March 21, 1966.
April 18, 1966
See 384 U.S. 967, 86 S.Ct. 1583.
Stuart N. Updike, New York City, for petitioners.
Mark F. Hughes and Walter R. Mansfield, New York City, for respondents.
PER CURIAM.
The writs of certiorari are dismissed as improvidently granted.
Mr. Justice BLACK dissents from dismissal of the writs and would reverse the judgments of the Court of Appeals and district courts substantially for the reasons stated in Judge Friendly's dissent in the Court of Appeals, 333 F.2d 327, 338.
Mr. Justice HARLAN and Mr. Justice WHITE dissent from the dismissal of the writs, believing that these cases having been taken for review should be adjudicated on the merits.
Mr. Justice DOUGLAS and Mr. Justice FORTAS took no part in the consideration or decision of these cases.
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