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GRIGGS v. ALLEGHENY COUNTY

No. 81.

369 U.S. 84 (1962)

82 S.Ct. 531

7 L.Ed.2d 585

GRIGGS v. ALLEGHENY COUNTY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 5, 1962.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William A. Blair argued the cause for petitioner. With him on the briefs was D. Malcolm Anderson.

Maurice Louik argued the cause for respondent. With him on the briefs were Francis A. Barry and Philip Baskin.

Briefs of amici curiae were filed by Lyman M. Tondel, Jr., H. Templeton Brown and Robert L. Stern for Allegheny Airlines, Inc., et al.; Leander I. Shelly for Airport Operators Council; and Thomas L. Morrow, Edward G. Dobrin, Stanley B. Long and Robert W. Graham for the Port of Seattle.

MR. JUSTICE DOUGLAS delivered the opinion of the Court.

This case is here on a petition for a writ of certiorari to the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania which we granted (366 U.S. 943) because its decision (402 Pa. 411, 168 A.2d 123) seemed to be in conflict with United States v. Causby, 328 U.S. 256. The question is whether respondent has taken an...

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