
    No. 861.
    No. 1076.
    Zuber et al. v. Allen et al.; and Hardin, Secretary of Agriculture v. Allen et al.
    
      Lawrence D. Hollman and Carlyle C. Bing, Jr., for petitioners in No. 861, and Solicitor General Griswold, Assistant Attorney General Ruckelshaus, and Alan S. Rosenthal for petitioner in No. 1076. Charles P. Ryan and Edward J. Ryan for respondents in both cases. Briefs of amicus curiae in support of the petition in No. 861 were filed by Elliot L. Richardson, Attorney General, and Charles M. Burnim, Assistant Attorney General, for the State of Massachusetts; Robert K. Killian, Attorney General, and Michael J. Scanlon, Assistant Attorney General, for the State of Connecticut; and Herbert F. DeSimone, Attorney General, and Charles G. Edwards, Assistant Attorney General, for the State of Rhode Island. A brief was filed by James M. Jeffords, Attorney General, for the State of Vermont as amicus curiae in opposition to the petitions in both cases.
   C. A. D. C. Cir. Certiorari granted.

Cases consolidated and a total of two hours allotted for oral argument.

Mr. Justice Marshall took no part in the consideration or decision of these petitions.

Reported below: 131 U. S. App. D. C. 109, 402 F. 2d 660.  