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U.S. Supreme Court

ILLINOIS v. MICHIGAN, 360 U.S. 712 (1959)

ILLINOIS v. MICHIGAN ET AL.
ON MOTION FOR LEAVE TO FILE COMPLAINT.*
No. 15, Original.
Argued May 21-22, 1959.
Decided June 29, 1959.

[Footnote *] Together with No. 2, Original, Wisconsin et al. v. Illinois et al.; No. 3, Original, Michigan v. Illinois et al.; and No. 4, Original, New York v. Illinois et al., on application for reopening of the decree of April 21, 1930 - not argued.

Application for reopening of decree of April 21, 1930, in Nos. 2, 3 and 4, Original, granted; motion for leave to file Bill of Complaint in No. 15, Original, granted; Special Master appointed in each of these cases.

William C. Wines, Assistant Attorney General, and Charles A. Bane argued the cause for the State of Illinois, complainant in No. 15, Original. With them on the brief were Latham Castle, Attorney General, George E. Billett and Calvin D. Trowbridge, Special Assistant Attorneys General.

For the defendants in No. 15, Original, the cause was argued by Paul L. Adams, Attorney General, for the State of Michigan; John W. Reynolds, Attorney General, for the State of Wisconsin; Richard H. Shepp, Assistant Attorney General, for the State of New York and Lois G. Forer, Deputy Attorney General, for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. On the briefs for defendants were Paul L. Adams, Attorney General, Samuel J. Torina, Solicitor General, and Nicholas V. Olds, Assistant Attorney General, for the State of Michigan; Mark McElroy, Attorney General, and J. Harold Read, Assistant Attorney General, for the State of Ohio; Anne X. Alpern, Attorney General, and Lois G. Forer, Deputy Attorney General, for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania; Miles Lord, Attorney General, and Raymond G. Haik, Special Assistant Attorney General, for the State

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of Minnesota; Louis J. Lefkowitz, Attorney General, Paxton Blair, Solicitor General, and Richard H. Shepp, Assistant Attorney General, for the State of New York; John W. Reynolds, Attorney General, and Roy G. Tulane, Assistant Attorney General, for the State of Wisconsin; and Herbert H. Naujoks, Special Assistant to the Attorneys General.

Solicitor General Rankin argued the cause and filed a brief for the United States, as amicus curiae in No. 15, Original, by invitation of the Court (359 U.S. 963). With him on the brief were Oscar H. Davis, John F. Davis and George S. Swarth.

Stewart G. Honeck and John Reynolds, Attorneys General, and Roy G. Tulane, Assistant Attorney General, for the State of Wisconsin; Miles Lord, Attorney General, Melvin J. Peterson, Deputy Attorney General, and Raymond A. Haik, Special Assistant Attorney General, for the State of Minnesota; William Saxbe and Mark McElroy, Attorneys General, Robert E. Boyd and J. Harold Read, Assistant Attorneys General, for the State of Ohio; and Thomas D. McBride and Anne X. Alpern, Attorneys General, and Lois G. Forer, Deputy Attorney General, for the State of Pennsylvania, complainants in No. 2, Original. Herbert H. Naujoks, Special Assistant to the Attorneys General, was also on the brief.

Paul L. Adams, Attorney General, Samuel J. Torina, Solicitor General, and Nicholas V. Olds, Assistant Attorney General, for the State of Michigan, complainant in No. 3, Original.

Louis J. Lefkowitz, Attorney General, Richard H. Shepp and Dunton F. Tynan, Assistant Attorneys General, for the State of New York, complainant in No. 4, Original. John R. Davison, for the Power Authority of New York, was also on the brief. [360 U.S. 712, 714]

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