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Vaughn, doing business as Vaughn's Used Cars, v. Board of Police Commissioners of the City of Los Angeles et al., 1944 — 321 U.S. 751 · caselaw · US
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Vaughn, doing business as Vaughn's Used Cars, v. Board of Police Commissioners of the City of Los Angeles et al.
321 U.S. 751·Supreme Court of the United States·1944
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No. 698.
Vaughn, doing business as Vaughn's Used Cars, v. Board of Police Commissioners of the City of Los Angeles et al.
March 6, 1944.
Messrs. Albert G. Bergman and Bates Booth for appellant. Messrs. Ray L. Chesebro, Frederick von Schrader, and Edwin F. Shinn for appellees.
[MAJORITY — Per Curiam:]
Appeal from the District Court of Appeal, 2d Appellate District, of California.
Per Curiam:
The appeal is dismissed for want of a substantial federal question. (1) Hall v. Geiger-Jones Co., 242 U. S. 539, 552-4; Lehmann v. Board of Accountancy, 263 U. S. 394, 398; cf. Nash v. United States, 229 U. S. 373, 376-7; (2) Caldwell v. Texas, 137 U. S. 692, 698; Bergemann v. Backer, 157 U. S. 655, 656; cf. Dohany v. Rogers, 281 U. S. 362, 369; (3) Cincinnati, N. O. & T. P. Ry. Co. v. Slade, 216 U. S. 78, 83; Mobile, J. & K. C. R. Co. v. Mississippi, 210 U. S. 187, 204.