ROOT REFINING CO. v. UNIVERSAL OIL PRODUCTS CO.

Nos. 5546, 5648.

147 F.2d 259 (1944)

ROOT REFINING CO. v. UNIVERSAL OIL PRODUCTS CO.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided December 29, 1944.

As Amended February 19, 1945.

Writ of Certiorari Granted April 23, 1945.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert T. McCracken, of Philadelphia, Pa., and John R. McCullough, of New York City, for Universal Oil Products Co.

Thorley vonHolst and J. Bernard Thiess, both of Chicago, Ill., amicus curiae, for Root Refining Co.

Before BIGGS, MARIS, JONES, GOODRICH, and McLAUGHLIN, Circuit Judges.


Writ of Certiorari Granted April 23, 1945. See 65 S.Ct. 1029.

BIGGS, Circuit Judge.

The proponents of the motion sub judice ask this court to award them reasonable counsel fees for services rendered as amici curiæ performed at our direction and also seek reimbursement for out-of-pocket expenses. The fees sought are to compensate the movants and the estate of former Judge Arthur C. Denison.1 The amici appeared in open court...

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