James v. Dravo Contracting Company

On Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of West Virginia.

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Messrs. Clarence W. Meadows, Homer A. Holt, and W. Holt Wooddell, all of Charleston, W. Va., for appellants.

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Messrs. William S. Moorhead, of Pittsburgh, Pa., and W. Elliott Nefflen and W. Champan Revercomb, both of Charleston, W. Va., for appellee.

Mr. Stanley Reed, Sol. Gen., of Washington, D.C., for the United States as amicus curiae.

Mr. Chief Justice HUGHES delivered the opinion of the Court.