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Southern Pacific Co. v. United States, 1939 — 307 U.S. 633 · caselaw · US
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Southern Pacific Co. v. United States
307 U.S. 633·Supreme Court of the United States·1939
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Opinion
No. 875.
Southern Pacific Co. v. United States.
May 15, 1939.
Messrs. Henley Clifton Booth, W. I. Gilbert, and W. I. Gilbert, Jr. for petitioner. Solicitor General Jackson, Assistant Attorney General McMahon, and Messrs. William W. Barron, Charles A. Horsky, and M. Joseph Matan for the United States.
[MAJORITY]
Petition for writ of certiorari to the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit denied.