Brownell, Attorney General, Successor to the Alien Property Custodian, v. Chase National Bank of New York, Trustee, et al.
Decided November 19, 1956. William Orville Douglas delivered the opinion of the Court.
Docket 24 · 352 U.S. 36 (1956)
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Decided 7–0.
Majority · 7
- William Orville Douglas · delivered the opinion of the Court
- Earl Warren
- Felix Frankfurter
- Harold Hitz Burton
- Hugo Lafayette Black
- Stanley Forman Reed
- William Joseph Brennan Jr.
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