Supreme Court of the United States, 1935

Board of Liquidation v. Board of Commissioners

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided October 14, 1935

296 U.S. 540; 56 S. Ct. 141 (United States Reports)

Counsel

Messrs. Francis P. Burns, Bertrand I. Cohn, James C. Henriques, and Henry B. Curtis for appellants., Messrs. Huey P. Long and James Wilkinson for appellees.

Cases that cite this one

3 later published cases cite this decision.

Callihan v. Department of Labor & Industries (Wash. Ct. App. 1973)
Quartemont v. Avoyelles Parish Police Jury (La. Ct. App. 1969)
Louisiana Gas Service Co. v. Louisiana Public Service Commission (La. 1964)

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Opinion of the Court

Per Curiam:

The motion of the appellees to dismiss the appeal herein is granted, and the appeal is dismissed for the want of a substantial federal question which the appellants are entitled to raise. (1) Oshkosh Waterworks Co. v. Oshkosh, 187 U. S. 437, 439; Von Hoffman v. Quincy, 4 Wall. 535, 553-554; South Carolina v. Gaillard, 101 U. S. 433, 437-438; Hill v. Merchants’ Ins. Co., 134 U. S. 515, 527; Sturges v. Crowninshield, 4 Wheat. 122, 200. (2) Columbus & Greenville Ry. v. Miller, 283 U. S. 96, 99-100; Hooker v. Burr, 194 U. S. 415, 418-419; Williams v. Eggleston, 170 U. S. 304, 309.

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