HARTFORD PROVISION CO. v. UNITED STATES

No. 540, Docket 77-6142.

579 F.2d 7 (1978)

The HARTFORD PROVISION COMPANY, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided April 17, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Aaron Rosenfeld, Washington, D. C. (M. Carr Ferguson, Asst. Atty. Gen., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C. and Gilbert E. Andrews, Crombie J. D. Garrett and Richard Blumenthal, Washington, D. C., of counsel), for defendant-appellant.

John J. Graubard, Stamford, Conn. (David M. Cohen, Washington, D. C., of counsel), for plaintiff-appellee.

Before MANSFIELD and VAN GRAAFEILAND, Circuit Judges, and DOOLING, District Judge.


VAN GRAAFEILAND, Circuit Judge:

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