Supreme Court of the United States / October Term 1949

McGrath, Attorney General, as Successor to the Alien Property Custodian, v. Manufacturers Trust Co.

Decided November 7, 1949. Harold Hitz Burton delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 11 · 338 U.S. 241 (1949)

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Decided 7–0.

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