358 U.S. 39
Supreme Court of the United States
October 13, 1958
Supreme Court of the United States · decided October 13, 1958
Key passage — most relied on by later courts
“for want of a substantial federal question,”
quoted by 1 later decision, including 69 Cal. 2d 613 - In Re Anderson
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Opinion by Per Curiam · Decided October 13, 1958
Cited by 84 later decisions (5 by the Supreme Court) — most recently March 2003 · most notably McGautha v. California (1971), Coppedge v. United States (1962)
15 federal appellate · 45 state decisions — followed in 10 states
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Mr. Irwin Karp, for appellant.
Messrs. Peter Campbell Brown and Stanley Buchsbaum for appellees.
PER CURIAM.
The motion to dismiss is granted and the appeal is dismissed for want of a federal question · Case Law">substantial federal question.
Mr. Justice BLACK is of the opinion that probable jurisdiction should be noted.