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Bates v. United States, 1940 — 309 U.S. 666 · caselaw · US
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Bates v. United States
309 U.S. 666·Supreme Court of the United States·1940
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Opinion
No. 660.
Bates v. United States.
February 26, 1940.
Mr. Herbert Pope for petitioner.
[MAJORITY]
Petition for writ of certiorari to the Circuit Court of Ap- . peals for the Seventh Circuit denied.
Solicitor General ■ Biddle, Assistant Attorney General Clark, and Messrs. Sewall Key, Ellis N. Slack, Richard H. Demuth, Edward H. Foley, Jr., Bernard Bernstein, and Joseph B. Friedman for the United States.