THOMAS v. CARNEGIE-ILLINOIS STEEL CORP.

Nos. 9603, 9602, 9604, 9605, 9644, 9645, 9674-9676, 9682, 9683, 9586-9588, 9686.

174 F.2d 711 (1949)

THOMAS et al. v. CARNEGIE-ILLINOIS STEEL CORPORATION and 14 other cases.

United States Court of Appeals Third Circuit.

Decided March 15, 1949.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles J. Margiotti, of Pittsburgh, Pa. (Margiotti & Casey, of Pittsburgh, Pa., Marvin C. Harrison and William K. Thomas, both of Cleveland, Ohio, Harrison, Thomas, Spangenberg & Hull, of Cleveland, Ohio, and J. Alfred Wilner, of Pittsburgh, Pa., on the brief), for appellants in 9603, 9605, 9644, 9645, 9674, 9675, 9676, 9682, 9683, 9586, 9587.

Donald J. Farage, of Philadelphia, Pa. (Richter, Lord & Farage, of Philadelphia, Pa., Witt & Cammer, Milton Paulson and Victor Perlo, all of New York City, on the brief), for appellant in 9686.

Elder W. Marshall, Earl F. Reed and Leon E. Hickman, all of Pittsburgh, Pa. (William D. Armour, John W. Wishart, Reed, Smith, Shaw & McClay, J. Roland Johnston, and Thorp, Bostwick, Reed & Armstrong, all of Pittsburgh, Pa., on the brief), for appellees in 9586, 9587, 9603, 9605, 9644, 9645, 9674, 9675, 9676, 9682, 9683.

William Dwight Whitney, of New York City (Philip H. Strubing and Evans, Bayard & Frick, all of Philadelphia, Pa., and Cravath, Swaine & Moore, of New York City, on the brief), for appellees in 9686.

Tom C. Clark, Atty. Gen., H. G. Morison, Asst. Atty. Gen., Enoch E. Ellison, Sp. Asst. to Atty. Gen., and Johanna M. D'Amico, Atty., Department of Justice, of Washington, D. C., on the brief for the United States in 9586, 9587, 9602, 9603, 9604, 9605.

Before BIGGS, Chief Judge, and GOODRICH, and KALODNER, Circuit Judges.


GOODRICH, Circuit Judge.

These fifteen cases bring to the Third Circuit the questions concerning the constitutionality of the Congressional abolition of the portal to portal claims which have been so much before the courts the last two years. It is a safe statement, we think, that no legal question presented to the federal courts has had so wide an examination by the federal judiciary over so brief a time as this one. As might be expected, the process of argument...

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