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UNITED STATES TRUST CO. v. NEW JERSEY

No. 75-1687.

431 U.S. 1 (1977)

UNITED STATES TRUST COMPANY OF NEW YORK, TRUSTEE v. NEW JERSEY ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 27, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Devereux Milburn argued the cause for appellant. With him on the briefs were Robert A. McTamaney and Robert B. Meyner.

William F. Hyland, Attorney General of New Jersey, pro se, argued the cause for appellees. With him on the brief were Michael I. Sovern and Murray J. Laulicht.*

MR. JUSTICE BLACKMUN delivered the opinion of the Court.

This case presents a challenge to a New Jersey statute, 1974 N. J. Laws, c. 25, as violative of the Contract Clause1 of the United States Constitution. That statute, together with a concurrent and parallel New York statute, 1974 N. Y. Laws, c. 993, repealed a statutory covenant made by the two States in 1962 that had limited the ability of...

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