Legal Opinion
Sam Fox Publishing Co. v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided May 29, 1961No. 56PublishedCited by 214 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Harlan
The appellants, proceeding under the Expediting Act, 15 U. S. C. § 29, appeal directly to this Court from an order of the District Court for the Southern District of New York denying their motions to intervene as of right in a proceeding to modify a consent decree previously entered in a government antitrust suit. The appellants were not named as parties either in the suit or modifica tion proceeding. The motions were made pursuant to Rule 24, subdivision (a) (2) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.
The matter arises in the following setting: In 1941 the United States brought suit under §…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Hansberry v. LeeSupreme Court of the United States · 1940
- Supreme Tribe of Ben-Hur v. CaubleSupreme Court of the United States · 1921
- Smith v. SwormstedtSupreme Court of the United States · 1854
- United States v. Borden Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1954
- Credits Commutation Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1900
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3Cited by214 opinions
- Broadcast Music, Inc. v. Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1979
- United States v. American Telephone & Telegraph Co.Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1980
- United States v. American Telephone & Telegraph Co.District Court, District of Columbia · 1983
- William E. Nuesse, Commissioner of Banks, State of Wisconsin v. William Camp, Comptroller of the CurrencyCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1967
- Pedro Gonzales v. Clifton W. Cassidy, Jr., John Richard Hayes, Iii, Plaintiffs-Intervenors-AppellantsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1973
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