MINER v. ATLASS

No. 156.

363 U.S. 641 (1960)

80 S.Ct. 1300

4 L.Ed.2d 1462

MINER ET AL., JUDGES, U. S. DISTRICT COURT, v. ATLASS.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 20, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harold A. Liebenson argued the cause for petitioners. With him on the brief were Edward G. Raszus and John E. Harris.

Edward B. Hayes argued the cause and filed a brief for respondent.


MR. JUSTICE HARLAN delivered the opinion of the Court.

Certiorari was granted in this case, 361 U.S. 807, to review the decision of the Court of Appeals holding that a District Court sitting in admiralty lacked power to order the taking of oral depositions for the purpose of discovery only, and that Rule 32 of the Admiralty Rules of the District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, purporting to authorize the taking...

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