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Deckert et al. v. Independence Shares Corp. et al.; and Same v. Pennsylvania Company for Insurance on Lives and Granting Annuities, 1940 — 309 U.S. 648 · caselaw · US
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Deckert et al. v. Independence Shares Corp. et al.; and Same v. Pennsylvania Company for Insurance on Lives and Granting Annuities
309 U.S. 648·Supreme Court of the United States·1940
Mr. Justice Douglas took no.part in the consideration and decision of this application.'
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Opinion
No. 733.
Deckert et al. v. Independence Shares Corp. et al.; and Same v. Pennsylvania Company for Insurance on Lives and Granting Annuities.
No. 734.
March 25, 1940.
Mr. Harry Shapiro for petitioners.
Messrs. Frank Rogers Donahue, George M. Kevlin, and Robert F. Irwin, Jr. for Independence Shares Corp. et al. ; and Mr. Walter Biddle Saul for the Pennsylvania Co.,— respondents.
[MAJORITY]
Petition for writs of certiorari to the Circuit Court '•pf Appeals for the Third Circuit granted.
Mr. Justice Douglas took no.part in the consideration and decision of this application.'