Supreme Court of the United States, 1959

Eastern States Petroleum Corp. v. Prettyman

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided October 12, 1959

361 U.S. 805 (United States Reports)

Counsel

Gerard R. Moran and Edwin G. Martin for petitioner in No. 34, Mise. Eliot C. Lovett for petitioner in No. 112; Mise. Petitioners pro se in Nos. 139, Mise., and 172, Mise. Solicitor General Rankin, Assistant Attorney General Doub, Alan S. Rosenthal and Seymour Farber for respondents in No. 34, Mise. Solicitor General Rankin, Acting Assistant Attorney General Bicks, Richard A. Solomon, Ernest L. Folk III, John L. Fitzgerald and Max D. Paglin for respondents and' for the Federal Communications Commission in opposition in No. 112, Mise.

Cases that cite this one

7 later published cases cite this decision. The 5 that cite it most often are listed here.

Adell Kirkland, as Mother and Next Friend of Libbie Kirkland, an Infant v. George C. Wallace, as Governor of the State of Alabama (5th Cir. 1968)
Bussie v. Long (United States District Court Eastern District of Louisiana 1966)
Fort Harrison Telecasting Corp. v. Federal Communications Commission (D.C. Cir. 1963)
Eastern States Petroleum Corporation v. William P. Rogers, Attorney General of the United States (D.C. Cir. 1960)
Bell v. Waterfront Commission of New York Harbor (2d Cir. 1960)

This list shows which later cases cite this one. It does not say how they treated it, and no review of that has been done. Not a substitute for Shepard’s or KeyCite — verify before relying.

Opinion of the Court

*805Motions for leave to file petitions for writs of mandamus denied.

*806Reported below: No. 34, Mise., 105 U. S. App. D, C. 219, 265 F. 2d 593; No. 112, Mise., 106 U. S. App. D. C. 14, 268 F. 2d 889.

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