¶1Sol C. Berenholtz for petitioner. Acting Solicitor General Washington, Assistant Attorney General Ford and Oscar H. Davis for the United States.
¶2Petition for writ of certiorari to the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit denied.
331 U.S. 849
Docket No. 1373.
Smith v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided June 16, 1947.
Supreme Court of the United States · decided 1947-06-16
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Decided 1947-06-16
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Cited by 75 later decisions — most recently March 2017 · most notably Sparks v. St. Paul Insurance (1985), Allen v. Metropolitan Life Insurance (1965)
19 federal appellate · 9 district · 39 state decisions — followed in 22 states
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