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—— gs . E. A. Tamm. .... » Clare oc... cesta vith a High Court-Postpones Two Cases fo Await Se Coven Quorum of Justices | So BsaZon vn | The Supreme Court formally an- nounced today that all further pro- ™ ceedings in ltigation involving the Alum1 a ; pored Till a Tegal quorum of six qualified justices is obtaihed. ‘ Action on the cases has been held gt up for months because four oof the uy nine justices are disqualified. The 0? 4 (7 tr, Cimle ween . Qaon Tamm.... - 2 os SOREL. law provides that a quorum of six ) | justices is necessary to act on. liti- & \ | gation. i my Legislation has been introduced D de in Congress to lower the quorum to ‘ five members of the court and also © ay to permit a retired justice to partici- ee ‘aN “4 pate in « case when the legal quo-|- AN} Tum +6 not available. 4 The Aluminum Co. has asked the dismissal of litigation brought by the Justice Department charging the s] company with violating the Sher- man Anti-Trust Act by possessing a monopoly in the production and sale of aluminum. After a 26-month trial, the longest in history, the Federal District Court at New York held that the Justice Department had failed to prove its |F accusations. The Justice Department then scught a Supreme Court re- view of this ruling. . ‘Tne North American case involves the constitutionality of the so-called death-sentence provision of the 1935 Public Utility Holding Company Act requiring interstate gas and elec- tric holding companies to limit their operations to a single integrated S7 Got 26 *843 -_—- — system. The litigation arose when the | Securities and Exchange Commis- | sion ordered the North American Co. ; J to confine its activities to-« system | 7 centering around St. Louis. The or- we der was upheld-se-éha_gederal Cir- |, cult Court at New York. } i 43007 27 jus? a ge