Rust v. Pratt

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided February 28, 1938.

Supreme Court of the United States · decided 1938-02-28

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Relies on Snyder v. Commonwealth of Massachusetts · Palko v. State of Connecticut · Brown v. State of Mississippi

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Decided 1938-02-28

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¶1Mr. Mortimer Riemer for appellants. No appearance for appellees.

¶2Per Curiam:

¶3The appeals herein are dismissed (1) for the reason that the judgments sought to be reviewed are based upon a non-federal ground adequate to support them, Doyle v. Atwell, 261 U. S. 690; Cox v. Colorado, 282 U. S. 807; Woolsey v. Best, 299 U. S. 1; (2) for the want of a substantial federal question, Twining v. New Jersey, 211 U. S. 78, 106, 111-114; Snyder v. Massachusetts, 291 U. S. 97, 105; Brown v. Mississippi, 297 U. S. 278, 285; Palko v. Connecticut, 302 U. S. 319.

¶4Reported below: 157 Ore. 505; 72 P. 2d 533.