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Oklahoma ex rel. Williamson, Attorney General of Oklahoma, v. Woodring, Secretary of War, 1939 — 308 U.S. 508 · caselaw · US
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Oklahoma ex rel. Williamson, Attorney General of Oklahoma, v. Woodring, Secretary of War
308 U.S. 508·Supreme Court of the United States·1939
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Oklahoma ex rel. Williamson, Attorney General of Oklahoma, v. Woodring, Secretary of War.
October 9, 1939.
[MAJORITY]
A rule is ordered to issue, returnable within forty days, requiring the defendant to show cause why leave to file the Bill of Complaint should not bé granted. The Court directs the attention of the Attorney General of the United4States to this case' in which the complainant seeks to restrain the enforcement of an act of Congress upon the ground that it is repugnant to,the Constitution of the United States.