Societe Internationale v. Kennedy

PINE, District Judge.

From time to time over the past sixteen years this action has occupied the attention of this Court and its Special Master, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, and the Supreme Court of the United States. In April of this year it was finally brought to a close. This was accomplished by the entry into a Stipulation of Settlement between plaintiff and defendants, consented to by all the inter-venors except a minuscule number, whose rights have been adequately safeguarded, and the filing of praecipes of dismissal with prejudice by the…