Supreme Court of the United States, 1933

C. M. Patten & Co. Et Al. v. United States

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided May 8, 1933 · Per Curiam

289 U.S. 705; 53 S. Ct. 687; 77 L. Ed. 1462; 1933 U.S. LEXIS 209 (United States Reports)

Counsel

Mr. Frank P. Doherty for petitioners. Solicitor General Thacher for the United States.

Cases that cite this one

14 later published cases cite this decision.

Trunk v. City of San Diego (United States District Court for the Southern District of California 2007)
Crowe v. M & M/MARS (N.J. Super. Ct. App. Div. 1990)
Haldeman v. Freeman (District Court, District of Columbia 1983)
United States v. Carmack (Supreme Court of the United States 1947)
Burnquist v. Cook (Minn. 1945)
First Iowa Hydro-Electric Cooperative v. Federal Power Commission (D.C. Cir. 1945)
United States v. Certain Parcels of Land (District Court, D. Maryland 1939)
Bender v. Donoghue (5th Cir. 1934)
United States v. Certain Lands in Town of Highlands (District Court, S.D. New York 1942)
Nesbit v. Frederick Snare Corp. (D.C. Cir. 1938)
Bracken v. Securities & Exchange Comm'n (Supreme Court of the United States 1936)
United States ex rel. Carstens v. Reimer (2d Cir. 1935)
Hammond Clock Co. v. Schiff (Supreme Court of the United States 1934)
The United States of America v. Dubilier Condenser Corporation (Supreme Court of the United States 1933)

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Opinion

Per Curiam:

The petition for writ of certiorari in this case is granted. The decree of the Circuit Court of Appeals is reversed and the cause is remanded to the District Court with directions to vacate its decree and to dismiss the proceeding upon the ground that the cause is moot. Brownlow v. Schwartz, 261 U.S. 216; Alejandrino v. Quezon, 271 U.S. 528, 535, 536; U.S. ex rel. Norwegian Nitrogen Products Co. v. Tariff Commission, 274 U.S. 106, 112; Railroad Commission of Texas v. MacMillan, 287 U.S. 576.

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