Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States
Hughes Tool Co. v. Trans World Airlines, Inc.
Hughes Tool Co. v. Trans World Airlines, Inc., 380 U.S. 248 (1965)
- Type
- Opinion
- Court
- Supreme Court of the United States
- Jurisdiction
- Federal
- Date
- 1965-03-08
- Topic
- general
How later courts describe this case
- attorney client privilege waived where the advice of counsel defense raised in an antitrust case and attorney had submitted an affidavit to the Civil Aeronautics Board
- “where one party has acted in willful and deliberate disregard of reasonable and necessary court orders and the efficient administration of justice, the application of even so stringent a sanction [judgment by default] is fully justified and should not be disturbed”
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- pending
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- 44 opinions
HUGHES TOOL CO. ET AL.
v.
TRANS WORLD AIRLINES, INC.
No. 443.
Supreme Court of United States.
Argued March 3, 1965. Decided March 8, 1965. CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SECOND CIRCUIT.Chester C. Davis argued the cause for petitioners. With him on the briefs were Paul A. Porter, Victor H. Kramer, Abe Krash, Dennis G. Lyons, Werner J. Kronstein and Daniel A. Rezneck.
John F. Sonnett argued the cause for respondent. With him on the briefs were Dudley B. Tenney, Raymond L. Falls, Jr., Marshall H. Cox, Jr., and Abraham P. Ordover.
Acting Solicitor General Spritzer, Assistant Attorney General Orrick, Lionel Kestenbaum, O. D. Ozment and Robert L. Toomey filed a memorandum for the Civil Aeronautics Board, as amicus curiae.
PER CURIAM.
The writ of certiorari is dismissed as improvidently granted.