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Loehr, Mayor, et al. v. Downey, Receiver, 1940 — 309 U.S. 621 · caselaw · US
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Loehr, Mayor, et al. v. Downey, Receiver
309 U.S. 621·Supreme Court of the United States·1940
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Opinion
Nos. 543 and 544.
Loehr, Mayor, et al. v. Downey, Receiver.
February 1, 1940.
[MAJORITY]
John J. Condon, Mayor, Gustav W.. Klein, Jr., First Deputy and Acting Comptroller, and Raymond J. Whitney, City Manager,. etc., successors to Joseph F. Loehr, Mayor, james J. Hushion, Comptroller, and Dennis M. Morrissey, Commissioner of Public Safety, respectively, substituted as the parties petitioners hérein on motion of Mr. George P. Parse on behalf of counsel for the petitioners.