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Giese v. United States, 1945 — 323 U.S. 682 · caselaw · US
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Giese v. United States
323 U.S. 68289 L. Ed. 553·Supreme Court of the United States·1945
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Opinion
No. 192.
Giese v. United States.
Argued December 14, 1944.
Decided January 8, 1945.
Mr. Edmund D. Campbell for petitioner.
Mr. Paul A. Freund, with whom Solicitor General Fahy, Assistant Attorney General Tom C. Clark, and Messrs. Robert S. Erdahl and Irving S. Shapiro were on the brief, for the United States.
[MAJORITY — Per Curiam:]
Per Curiam:
The judgment is affirmed by an equally divided Court. Mr. Justice Douglas took no part in the consideration or decision of this case.