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Moon v. Jones, County Clerk; and Franklin Society for Home Building & Savings v. Bennett, Attorney General, et al., 1940 — 309 U.S. 640 · caselaw · US
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Moon v. Jones, County Clerk; and Franklin Society for Home Building & Savings v. Bennett, Attorney General, et al.
309 U.S. 640·Supreme Court of the United States·1940
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Opinion
No. 838.
Moon v. Jones, County Clerk; and Franklin Society for Home Building & Savings v. Bennett, Attorney General, et al.
No. 862.
April 22, 1940.
[MAJORITY — Per Curiam:]
Per Curiam:
The motions to dismiss are granted and the appeals are dismissed for want of a substantial federal question. Bell’s Gap R. Co. v. Pennsylvania, 134 U. S. 232, 237; Northwestern Life Ins. Co. v. Wisconsin, 247 U. S. 132, 138-139; Alward v. Johnson, 282 U. S. 509, 513-514.
Messrs. Seth T. Cole, Martin Saxe, Edward F. Colladay, and S. F. Colladay for appellant in No. 838. Messrs. James A. Davis and Leon Quat for appellant in No. 862.
Messrs. John J. Bennett, Jr., Attorney General of New York, Henry E-pstein, Solicitor General, and Jack Goodman, Assistant Attorney General, for appellees.