Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States
Spawr Optical Research, Inc. v. United States
Spawr Optical Rsch., Inc. v. United States, 508 U.S. 913 (1993)
- Type
- Opinion
- Court
- Supreme Court of the United States
- Jurisdiction
- Federal
- Date
- 1993-05-17
- Topic
- general
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C. A. 9th Cir. Certiorari denied.