MANual Enterprises, Inc. v. Day

Manual Enterprises Inc v. Day by the Supreme Court of the United States Syllabus

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United States Supreme Court

370 U.S. 478

MANUAL ENTERPRISES, INC., ET AL., PETITIONERS,  v.  J. EDWARD DAY, POSTMASTER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES.

 Argued: Feb. 26 and 27, 1962. --- Decided: June 25, 1962

Stanley M. Dietz, Washington, D.C., for petitioners.

J. William Doolittle, Jr., Washington, D.C., for respondent.

Mr. Justice HARLAN announced the judgment of the Court and an opinion in which Mr. Justice STEWART joins.

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