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Wisconsin et al. v. F. W. Woolworth Co.
311 U.S. 622·Supreme Court of the United States·1940
Mr. Justice Stone took no, part in the consideration, or decision of this cause.
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Opinion
No. 47.
Wisconsin et al. v. F. W. Woolworth Co.
Argued November 20, 1940.
Decided December 23, 1940.
Messrs. Harold H. Persons, Assistant Attorney General of Wisconsin, and James Ward ■Rector, Deputy Attorney General, with whom Mr. John E. Martin, Attorney General, was -on the brief, for petitioners. Mr. Martin Á. Schénck, with whom Messrs. Edward .Cornell and G. Burgess Ela were on the brief, for respondent.
[MAJORITY — Per Curiam:]
Per Curiam:
The judgment is reversed on. the authority of Wisconsin v. J. C. Penney Co., ante, p. 435.
Mr. Justice Stone took no, part in the consideration, or decision of this cause.