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HURD v. ILLINOIS BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY

Nos. 11646, 11645.

234 F.2d 942 (1956)

Freeman S. HURD, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. ILLINOIS BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY, American Telephone and Telegraph Company, and the Bankers Trust Company of New York, Defendants-Appellees. Harley A. SEYBOLD, Walter S. Young, Charles E. Kluegel, Milo S. Buck, W. O. Oliver and Archie B. Calender, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. WESTERN ELECTRIC COMPANY, American Telephone Company and The Bankers Trust Company of New York, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals Seventh Circuit.

June 27, 1956.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harry R. Booth, Maurice Walk, Chicago, Ill., for appellant.

Douglas F. Smith, Clyde E. Shorey, Chicago, Ill., for appellees.

Kenneth F. Burgess, Arthur R. Seder, Jr., Chicago, Ill., Sidley, Austin, Burgess & Smith, Chicago, Ill., of counsel, for defendants-appellees Illinois Bell Tel. Co., American Tel. & Tel. Co., and Western Electric Co., Inc.

Clyde E. Shorey, Jr., Chicago, Ill., for Bankers Trust Co., defendant-appellee.

Before MAJOR, LINDLEY and SWAIM, Circuit Judges.

LINDLEY, Circuit Judge.

These appeals from judgments in favor of defendants present identical questions. At the time of the oral argument we entered an order permitting one Harry C. Bordwell to intervene as a party appellant in No. 11646, subject to the further order of the court. We shall allow that order to stand, despite any doubt pervading its propriety, but feel that our determination in this respect should be clarified.

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