UNITED STATES v. CREST FINANCE CO.

No. 13226.

291 F.2d 1 (1961)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff in Intervention-Appellee, v. CREST FINANCE CO., Inc., Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals Seventh Circuit.

Rehearing Denied June 15, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hamilton Clorfene, Harry G. Fins, Chicago, Ill., for appellant.

Lee A. Jackson, Chief, Appellate Section, Kenneth E. Levin, Atty., U. S. Department of Justice, Washington, D. C., James P. O'Brien, U. S. Atty., Irwin J. Askow, Albert E. Jenner, Jr., Chicago, Ill., Louis F. Oberdorfer, Asst. Atty. Gen., A. F. Prescott, George F. Lynch, Attys., Department of Justice, Washington, D. C., Robert Tieken, U. S. Atty., Harvey M. Silets, Asst. U. S. Atty., Chicago, Ill., for the United States.

David Levinson, John J. Faissler, C. Harker Rhodes, Jr., Chicago, Ill., for Peter Kiewit Sons' Co., one defendant-appellee.

Richard James Stevens, Chicago, Ill., for Road Machinery & Supplies Co. of Minneapolis, Inc., one defendant-appellee.

A. Bruce Schimberg, Chicago, Ill., Eli S. Silberfeld, New York City, Maurice Jacobs, Chicago, Ill., Schimberg, Jacobs & Schimberg, Chicago, Ill., Kupfer, Silberfeld, Nathan & Danziger, New York City, of counsel, for National Commercial Finance Conference, Inc., amicus curiæ.

Before DUFFY, KNOCH and CASTLE, Circuit Judges.


DUFFY, Circuit Judge.

On January 5, 1959, Standard-Crowley-Jackson (Standard) filed this action for interpleader against Crest Finance Co., Inc. (Crest), the United States and others. Thereafter, Standard paid $17,369.94 into the registry of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, subject to the decision of the Court as to which defendant or defendants shall recover. An order was thereafter entered dismissing the United States as party...

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