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UNITED STATES EX REL. MARCUS v. HESS

No. 9023.

154 F.2d 291 (1946)

UNITED STATES ex rel. MARCUS v. HESS et al.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided March 18, 1946.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Morris Feldstein, of Pittsburgh, Pa., for appellants.

Marvin D. Power, of Pittsburgh, Pa., (Margiotti & Casey, of Pittsburgh, Pa., on the brief), for appellee Marcus.

J. Gregory Bruce, of Washington, D. C., (John F. Sonnett, Asst. Atty. Gen., Department of Justice, and Charles F. Uhl, U. S. Atty., of Pittsburgh, Pa., Joseph M. Friedman, Chief, War Frauds Civil Section, of Washington, D. C., on the brief), for appellee United States.

Before BIGGS and GOODRICH, Circuit Judges, and KIRKPATRICK, District Judge.

PER CURIAM.

It is conceded by the appellants that if the federal rule relating to the release of joint tort-feasors be applied, the release of those defendants who contributed to the payment of a portion of the judgment, will not release the appellants, non-contributing defendants. The appellants contend that the Pennsylvania rule is applicable and that the release of one or more of the defendants, joint tort-feasors, will release all. Without conceding that the Pennsylvania...

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