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COLGATE-PALMOLIVE-PEET CO. v. UNITED STATES

Nos. 38 and 39.

320 U.S. 422 (1943)

COLGATE-PALMOLIVE-PEET CO. v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided December 13, 1943.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Mason Trowbridge, with whom Messrs. E. Ennalls Berl, Albert C. Wall, Blevins C. Dunklin, and Edward J. O'Mara were on the brief, for petitioner.

Mr. Alvin J. Rockwell, with whom Solicitor General Fahy, Assistant Attorney General Samuel O. Clark, Jr., and Mr. Sewall Key were on the brief, for the United States.

MR. JUSTICE REED delivered the opinion of the Court.

These two writs of certiorari were granted to review a judgment of the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit denying recovery to the petitioner of taxes paid to the United States aggregating $2,532,643.16. The issues in the two cases are identical. Each case covers a separate period of time.

The suits were brought in the United States District of Delaware under Judicial Code § 24 (20). Recovery...

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