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caustic dissents, laid down the
law on these subjects:
1. Courts-martial. Civilian de-
pendents accompanying Ameri-
can servicemen stationed over
seas can be tried by military
courts-martial for crimes CON-
mitted T. those foreign countries
2. Deportation. An alien who
admittedly belonged to the Com
munist Party during some of the
time he has lived in the United
States cannot avoid deportation
despite his claim that Federal
officials used secret evidence as
a basis for refusing to suspend
a deportation order.
3. Employer liability. Addi-
tional groups of railroad en-
ployes, including women file
clerks. may sue for damages in
certain circumstances under the
Federal Employers Liability Act
4. CelI0phane. The E. I. Du
Pont de Nemours and Co. did
not illegally monopolize the
cellophane industry.
5. OffshOre oil. The State OF
Louisiana cannot block the leas-
ing Of oil-rich submerged lands
within the los mile offshore
border claimed by the State. AT
the same time, pending Supreme
Court action next term, neither
the State nor the Federal Gov
eminent is allowed to lease OF
begin the drilling of new wells
6. Fair trade" McKesSon &
Robbins, Inc, cannot fix prices
under fair trade" laws on drug
products it distributes through
its own wholesale outlets in IS
States and also through indie
pendent wholesalers.
!. Inheritance. The illigiti-
mate son of the late George
Buddy" DeSylva is entitled to
royalty rights on his fathers
musical compositions. despite a
contention by Mrs. Marie De-
sylvia that sole control over
copyright renewals belong to her
as the composers widow.
5. Freight rates. The Inter-
state Commerce Commission
properly required the Union Pa
ciflc Railroad to establish a
transfer rate. involving millions
of dollars in freight charges, on
connection shipments with the
Denver and Rio Grande Western
Railroad at the ogden, Utah,
gateway to the Northwest.
Those were only the highspots
Of one of the Supreme Courts
most voluminous last-day pro-
auctions in several years. But
even they were somewhat over
Swallowed by the decision affect
ing the Federal Security pro-
gram.
Many Dissents Recorded
There were dissents in prac-
tically every case where a writ
ten opinion was handed down
Chief Justice Warren and JUS
tees Black and Douglas most
frequently teamed together in
objecting to majority rulings.
They we're the dissenters in
the opinions written by Justice
Harlan in the courts-martal
cases. Those opinions specif1-
cally upheld the courts-martial
convictions and life sentences of
Mrs. Dorothy Kruger Smith and
Mrs. Clarice B. Covert. Mrs
Smith, daughter of retired Gen.
Walter Kruger, was convicted
of having murdered her husband,
Col. Aubrey D. Smith, in Tokyo
in 1852. Mrs. Covert was found
guilty of having slain her hus-
band, Air Force Master Sergt
Edward Covert in England.
Both women challenged con-
stitutionality of the Uniform
Code of Military Justice provi-
sion for courts-martial of Ameri-
can civilians who accompany
the armed forces overseas anc
commit crimes there. Justice
Clark wrote in the majority
opinion that there was mo con-
stitutional defect" in the code;
provision for such military trials
Fear Effect on Law
Chief Justice Warren anC
Justices Black and Dougla'
Joined in a dissent from the d.
Pont case opinion delivered by
Justice Reed. They attacked
that opinion as VIRTUALLY
emasculating" the anti-mono
poly section of the Sherman
Antitrust Law. Justice Rec
declared in a 28-page opinion
that 'Du Pont should not bI
found to monopolize cellophan
when that product has the com
petition and Interchangeable,
with other wrappings that thi
record shows"
The decision doomed cour
efforts the Justice Department