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Legal Citation: 370 U.S. 530 (1962)

Petitioner
Durkee Famous Foods Division of the Glidden Company

Respondent
Zdanok, et al.

Petitioner's Claim
That the original ruling against Durkee was improperly constituted because a U.S. Court of Claims judge, rather than a Circuit Court judge, had sat on the court when it heard the case.

Chief Lawyer for Petitioner
Chester Bordeau

Chief Lawyer for Respondent
Morris Shapiro

Justices for the Court
William J. Brennan, Jr., Tom C. Clark, Arthur Goldberg, John Marshall Harlan II (writing for the Court), Potter Stewart, Earl Warren, Byron R. White

Justices Dissenting
Hugo Lafayette Black, William O. Douglas

Place
Washington, D.C.

Date of Decision
25 June 1962

Decision
That the U.S. Court of Claims judge had been entitled...