DICKINSON v. PETROLEUM CORP.

No. 150.

338 U.S. 507 (1950)

DICKINSON v. PETROLEUM CONVERSION CORP.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 16, 1950.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Solomon Kaufman and Samuel Hershenstein submitted on brief for petitioner.

Alexander Kahan argued the cause and filed a brief for respondent.


MR. JUSTICE JACKSON delivered the opinion of the Court.

The only issue presented by this case turns on the finality of a judgment for purposes of appeal, a subject on which the volume of judicial writing already is formidable. The Court of Appeals resolved against finality of the decree in question, saying, however, that it did so against the unanimous conviction of the court as constituted but in deference to a precedent established by a differently constituted court...

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