U.S. v. WHITE BEAR BREWING CO., INC.

No. 699.

350 U.S. 1010 (1956)

UNITED STATES v. WHITE BEAR BREWING CO., INC. ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

April 2, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Solicitor General Sobeloff, Acting Assistant Attorney General Rice and Harry Baum for the United States. Kenneth F. Burgess, Edward P. Saltiel and William H. Avery, Jr. for the White Bear Brewing Co. et al., respondents.


Per Curiam.

The petition for writ of certiorari is granted and the judgment is reversed. Dissenting opinion by MR. JUSTICE DOUGLAS in which MR. JUSTICE HARLAN concurs.

MR. JUSTICE DOUGLAS, with whom MR. JUSTICE HARLAN concurs, dissenting.

I dissent. The Court holds that a federal tax lien has priority over a statutory mechanic's lien, even though the mechanic's lien was specific, prior in time, perfected in the sense that everything possible under...

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