284 U.S. 595
Docket No. 512
Supreme Court of the United States
Jurisdictional statement . submitted January 11, 1932.
Decided January 18, 1932.
Supreme Court of the United States · decided 1932-01-18
2 counsel of record
Key passage — most relied on by later courts
“for the want of a substantial federal question.”
quoted by 1 later decision, including White v. Gates
Relies on Atkin v. State of Kansas · Heim v. McCall
Good law ✅— No negative treatment on recordhow we know
Decided 1932-01-18
Cited by 4 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently February 1985
2 federal appellate ·
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¶1Mr. Copal Mintz for appellant.
¶2Messrs. Arthur J. W. Hilly, J. Joseph Lilly, and Frederick A. Keck for appellees.
¶4The appeal herein is dismissed for the want of a substantial federal question. Atkin v. Kansas, 191 U. S. 207; Heim v. McCall, 239 U. S. 175.