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Sawyer, Secretary of Commerce, et al. v. Dollar et al.; and In re Killion, 1952 — 344 U.S. 806 · caselaw · US
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Sawyer, Secretary of Commerce, et al. v. Dollar et al.; and In re Killion
344 U.S. 806·Supreme Court of the United States·1952
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Opinion
No. 5.
No. 6.
Sawyer, Secretary of Commerce, et al. v. Dollar et al.; and In re Killion.
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On writs of certiorari, 342 U. S. 875, to the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. The judgment of the Court of Appeals is vacated and the cases are remanded to that court with directions to dismiss the proceedings upon the ground that the cause is moot.
Attorney General McGranery and C. Dickerman Williams for Sawyer, Secretary of Commerce, et al., petitioners in No. 5.
Arthur B. Dunne for petitioner in No. 6.
Herman Phleger, Gregory A. Harrison, Moses Lasky, Edmund L. Jones and Howard Boyd for respondents.
Mr. Justice Black and Mr. Justice Clark took no part in the consideration or decision of these cases.
Reported below: 89 U. S. App. D. C. 38, 190 F. 2d 623.