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Legal Citation: 301 U.S. 324 (1937)

Petitioner
United States

Respondent
Morgan and Eleanor R. Belmont, executors of the last will and testament of August Belmont, deceased

Petitioner's Claim
That a U.S. district court erred in dismissing the U.S. government's claims against the August Belmont Company.

Chief Lawyer for Petitioner
Stanley Reed, U.S. Solicitor General

Chief Lawyer for Respondent
Cornelius Wickersham

Justices for the Court
Louis D. Brandeis, Pierce Butler, Benjamin N. Cardozo, Charles Evans Hughes, James Clark McReynolds, Owen Josephus Roberts, Harlan Fiske Stone, George Sutherland (writing for the Court), Willis Van Devanter

Justices Dissenting
None

Place
Washington, D.C.

Date of Decision
3 May 1937

Decision
Diplomatic relations between the...