Supreme Court of the United States, 1940

Cantwell v. Connecticut

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided February 26, 1940

309 U.S. 626; 60 S. Ct. 589 (United States Reports)

Counsel

Messrs. Joseph F. Rutherford and Hayden C. Covington for appellants., Messrs. William L. Hadden, Edwin S. Pickett, Francis A. Pallotti, Attorney General of Connecticut, Richard F. Corkey, Assistant Attorney General, and Luke H. Stapleton for ap-pellee.

Cases that cite this one

5 later published cases cite this decision.

State v. Baccala (Conn. 2017)
The American Civil Liberties Union Of Georgia v. Rabun County Chamber Of Commerce (11th Cir. 1982)
American Civil Liberties Union of Georgia v. Rabun County Chamber of Commerce, Inc. (11th Cir. 1982)
Butler v. United States (United States District Court for the District of Hawaii 1973)
Feeley v. District of Columbia (D.C. 1966)

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Opinion of the Court

With respect to the appeal of all appellants from the judgment of the Supreme Court affirming the judgment of conviction on the third count of the information, probable jurisdiction is noted. The appeal of Jesse Cantwell from the. judgment of the Supreme *627Court affirming the judgment of conviction on the fifth count is dismissed for want of jurisdiction. §237 (a), Judicial Code, as amended by the Act of February 13, 1925 (43 Stat. 936, 937). Treating the papers whereon that appeal was allowed as a petition for writ of certiorari as required by § 237 (c) of the Judicial Code (43 Stat. 936, 938), certiorari is granted.

Messrs. Joseph F. Rutherford and Hayden C. Covington for appellants. Messrs. William L. Hadden, Edwin S. Pickett, Francis A. Pallotti, Attorney General of Connecticut, Richard F. Corkey, Assistant Attorney General, and Luke H. Stapleton for ap-pellee.

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