Supreme Court of the United States, 1931

Wolfe v. Hurley

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided May 4, 1931

283 U.S. 801; 51 S. Ct. 493 (United States Reports)

Counsel

Mr. Hugh Tullis, with whom Mr. Charles F. Borah was on the brief, for appellants., Solicitor General Thacher and Mr. W. Marvin Smith were on the brief for Hurley et al., appellees., Messrs. Jeff B. Snyder, James H. Gilford, Jr., Philip Watson, and F. G. Hudson, Jr., were on the brief for Board of Commissioners of the Fifth Louisiana Levee District et al., appellees.

Cases that cite this one

3 later published cases cite this decision.

Detlic Farm & Timber Co. v. Board of Com'rs (La. Ct. App. 1979)
General Box Co. v. United States (Supreme Court of the United States 1956)
Franklin v. Board of Commissioners (Supreme Court of the United States 1951)

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Opinion of the Court

Per Curiam:

Decree affirmed. Dohany v. Rogers, 281 U. S. 362, 366; Bragg v. Weaver, 251 U. S. 57, 62; Sweet v. Rechel, 159 U. S. 380, 402; Backus v. Fort Street Union Depot Co., 169 U. S. 557, 568.

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