363 U.S. 721
Docket No. 920.
Supreme Court of the United States
June 20, 1960
Supreme Court of the United States · decided 1960-06-20
Key passage — most relied on by later courts
“for want of a properly presented substantial federal question,”
quoted by 1 later decision, including Doe v. Delaware
Relies on American Legion Post No. 51 v. Pennsylvania
Good law ✅— No negative treatment on recordhow we know
Opinion by Per Curiam · Decided 1960-06-20
Cited by 317 later decisions (15 by the Supreme Court) — most recently August 2012 · most notably Silverman v. United States (1961), Italia Societa Azioni Navigazione v. Oregon Stevedoring Company (1964)
151 federal appellate · 14 district · 56 state decisions — followed in 19 states
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Messrs. Harry Silbert, A. Jerome Diener and Sidney Schlachman, for appellant.
Messrs. C. Ferdinand Sybert, Atty. Gen. of Maryland, Stedman Prescott, Jr., Deputy Atty. Gen., and James H. Norris, Jr. Special Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.
PER CURIAM.
The motion to dismiss is granted and the appeal is dismissed for want of a properly presented substantial federal question.