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Roddewig, Chairman, et al. v. Sears, Roebuck & Co.; and Same v. Montgomery Ward & Co., Inc., 1940 — 311 U.S. 630 · caselaw · US
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Roddewig, Chairman, et al. v. Sears, Roebuck & Co.; and Same v. Montgomery Ward & Co., Inc.
311 U.S. 630·Supreme Court of the United States·1940
Mr. Justice Stone and Mr. Justice Roberts took no part in the consideration and decision of this application.
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Opinion
No. 255.
No. 256.
Roddewig, Chairman, et al. v. Sears, Roebuck & Co.; and Same v. Montgomery Ward & Co., Inc.
October 14, 1940.
Messrs. John M. Rankin, Attorney General of Iowa, and John E. Mulroney, Assistant Attorney General, for petitioners. Messrs. Charles Lederer, Joseph G. Gamble, and Ralph L. Read for respondent in No. 255. Messrs. Stuart S. Ball and Maxwell A. O’Brien for respondent in No. 256.
[MAJORITY]
Petition for writs of certiorari to the Supreme Court of Iowa granted.
Mr. Justice Stone and Mr. Justice Roberts took no part in the consideration and decision of this application.
Reported below: 228 Iowa 1273, 1301; 292 N. W. 130, 142.