Business & Finance: Decision in Youngstown

Early one morning last week Judge David G. Jenkins walked into his Mahoning County Court of Common Pleas at Youngstown, Ohio, with a thoughtful frown on his face. Since April he had been studying the famed suit by which Cyrus Stephen Eaton attempted to fulfill his vow that "Youngstown Sheet and Tube will never merge with Bethlehem Steel Corp." (TIME, March 24 et seq).

Through long, hot, exciting summer weeks Judge Jenkins had heard two brilliant panels of lawyers. Upholding Mr. Eaton's cause had been: Luther Day, of Day & Day, Cleveland; Squire, Sanders...

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