Supreme Court of the United States, 1916

Coates v. District of Columbia

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided January 17, 1916

239 U.S. 636; 60 L. Ed. 479; 36 S. Ct. 445; 1916 U.S. LEXIS 1359 (United States Reports)

Counsel

Mr. Francis P. B. Sands for the plaintiff in error., Mr. R. L. Williams (by special leave) and Mr. Conrad H. Syme for the defendant in error.

Cases that cite this one

1 later published case cites this decision.

Minneapolis, St. Paul, & Sault Ste. Marie Railroad Company, in Error v. Louise Alexander, Administratrix, Etc (Supreme Court of the United States 1916)

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Opinion of the Court

Per Curiam.

Dismissed for want of jurisdiction upon the authority of American Security & Trust Co. v. District of Columbia, 224 U. S. 491; District of Columbia v. Philadelphia, Baltimore & Washington R. R., 232 U. S. 716; Washington & Mt. Vernon Ry. v. Downey, 236 U. S. 190.

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