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finding "the explosion [at] . . . Hiroshima . . . led . . . Congress to give careful consideration to the needs . . . of the nation for the use, control and development of this new source of energy. . . . to insure that this great power of destruction should not be misused . . . [and Congress] conclul[ded] that a strict governmental monopoly and rigid controls were required"
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No. 895.
Decided June 27, 1960.
179 F. Supp. 9, affirmed.
Daniel R. McLeod, Attorney General of South Carolina, and James M. Windham and James S. Verner, Assistant Attorneys General, for appellants.
Solicitor General Rankin, Assistant Attorney General Rice, Myron C. Baum, Loren K. Olson and Lionel Kestenbaum for the United States and the Atomic Energy Commission, appellees.
Hugh K. Clark and W. Graham Claytor, Jr. for E. I. du Pont de Nemours Co., appellee.
The motion to substitute Harold Murph and Robert C. Wasson in the place of Francis M. Pickney and James W. Crain as parties appellant is granted. The motion to affirm is granted and the judgment is affirmed.
MR. JUSTICE BLACK and MR. JUSTICE DOUGLAS are of the opinion probable jurisdiction should be noted.