MEEHAN v. GULF OIL CORPORATION

Nos. 13916, 13917.

312 F.2d 737 (1963)

John J. MEEHAN, Administrator of the Estate of Donald H. Worrell, Deceased, Appellant, v. GULF OIL CORPORATION, Appellee. William J. KERNAN, Administrator of the Estate of Arthur E. Milan, Deceased, Appellant, v. GULF OIL CORPORATION, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Third Circuit.

Decided January 23, 1963.

Rehearing Denied March 5, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Abraham E. Freedman, Philadelphia, Pa. (Martin J. Vigderman, Freedman, Landy & Lorry, Philadelphia, Pa., on the brief), for appellants.

John B. Hannum, III, Philadelphia, Pa. (John C. Keene, Pepper, Hamilton & Scheetz, Philadelphia, Pa., on the brief), for appellee.

Before McLAUGHLIN and HASTIE, Circuit Judges, and DUMBAULD, District Judge.


DUMBAULD, District Judge.

Even during argument on appeal counsel in this case spent much of their time in ad hominem altercation and wrangling of the sort characterized by the trial judge as "arguments involving personalities" (R. 228a), rather than in dealing with the actual issues involved. A fortiori there is abundant chaff reflecting similar acrimony in the 639 pages of the trial record which has been printed on appeal. While a certain amount of...

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