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Argued December 5, 6, 1944.
Decided June 18, 1945.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Mr. John T. Cahill, with whom Messrs. Thurlow M. Gordon, Morris Hadley, Timothy N. Pfeiffer, Robert T. Neill, George Nebolsine, Jerrold G. Van Cise and John W. Nields were on the brief, for the Associated Press et al., appellants in No. 57 and appellees in No. 59.
Mr. Howard Ellis, with whom Messrs. Weymouth Kirkland, A.L. Hodson and Louis G. Caldwell were on the brief, for the Tribune Company et al., appellants in No. 58.
Assistant Attorney General Berge and Mr. Charles B. Rugg, with whom Solicitor General Fahy, Messrs. Charles H. Weston and Paul A. Freund were on the brief, for the United States.
Briefs were filed by Mr. Matthias Concannon on behalf of Chicago Times, Inc., and by Mr. Elisha Hanson on behalf of the American Newspaper Publishers Association, as amici curiae, urging reversal of the decree of the District Court and dismissal of the complaint.
Messrs. Louis S. Weiss, Carl S. Stern and Samuel J. Silverman filed a brief on behalf of Field Enterprises, Inc., as amicus curiae, in support of the United States.
Supreme Court of United States.
MR. JUSTICE BLACK delivered the opinion of the Court.*
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