Supreme Court of the United States, 1930

Matheus v. United States ex rel. Cunningham

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided October 27, 1930

282 U.S. 802 (United States Reports)

Counsel

Solicitor General Thacher and Messrs. Harry S. Ridgely and W. Marvin Smith for petitioner. Messrs. Benjamin M-. Golder and Ruby R. Vale for respondent.

Cases that cite this one

5 later published cases cite this decision. The 4 that cite it most often are listed here.

Snyder v. Buck (Supreme Court of the United States 1950)
Acheson v. Furusho (9th Cir. 1954)
Whitmer v. Lucas (Supreme Court of the United States 1932)
Fetters v. United States Ex Rel. Cunningham (Supreme Court of the United States 1931)

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Opinion of the Court

Per Curiam:

The petition for a writ of certiorari in this cause is granted. On consideration of the suggestion of the United States that this cause has abated, it is ordered that the judgments of the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit and of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania in this cause be, arid the same are hereby, vacated, and the cause is remanded to the District Court with directions to dismiss the proceeding as abated. United States ex rel. Claussen v. Curran, Commissioner of Immigration, 276 U. S. 590.

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