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Pennsylvania v. New Jersey et al., 1940 — 309 U.S. 628 · caselaw · US
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Pennsylvania v. New Jersey et al.
309 U.S. 628·Supreme Court of the United States·1940
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No. —, original.
Pennsylvania v. New Jersey et al.
Argued February 26, 1940.
Order entered March 4, 1940.
Mr. Wm. A. Schnader, with whom Mr. Claude T. Reno, Attorney General of Pennsylvania, was on the brief, for the complainant.
Mr. John W. Ockford, Assistant Attorney General of New Jersey, for the State of New Jersey; and Mr. Egbert Rosecrans, with whom Mr. Robert B. Meyner was on the brief, for Bessie Colburn et al., defendants.
[MAJORITY]
Motion for leave to file a bill of complaint granted and process ordered to issue returnable March 25 next.