Rehearing Denied.

March 7, 14, 1955.

348 U.S.

No. 353. COWLES PUBLISHING Co. v. NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD, ante, p. 876. Motion for leave to file petition for rehearing denied. MR. JUSTICE DOUGLAS took no part in the consideration or decision of this motion.

No. 539. MASON v. SUMMER LAKE IRRIGATION DISTRICT ET AL., ante, p. 937. Rehearing denied.

No. 257, October Term, 1953. JONES v. LYKES BROTHERS STEAMSHIP Co., INC., 346 U. S. 857. Motion for leave to file second petition for rehearing denied.

MARCH 14, 1955.

Decisions Per Curiam.

No. 246. DIEHL V. LEHIGH VALLEY RAILROAD Co. ET AL. Certiorari, 348 U. S. 860, to the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. Argued February 28, March 1, 1955. Decided March 14, 1955. Per Curiam: Upon the facts disclosed in the opinion of the Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, 211 F. 2d 95, the applicable Acts of Congress, and the opinion of this Court in Oakley v. Louisville & Nashville R. Co., 338 U. S. 278, the judgment of the Court of Appeals is reversed. MR. JUSTICE REED dissents for the reasons given in the opinion of the Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. Harry Montgomery Leet argued the cause for petitioner. With him on the brief was Sheldon E. Bernstein. Richard R. Lyman argued the cause for respondents. With him on a brief were Clarence M. Mulholland and Edward J. Hickey, Jr. for the System Federation No. 96, Railway Employes' Department, A. F. of L., et al., respondents. Thomas Price Mikell and Harry E. Sprogell filed a brief for the

Lehigh Valley Railroad Co., respondent. Solicitor General Sobeloff, Assistant Attorney General Burger and Samuel D. Slade filed a memorandum for the United States, as amicus curiae, urging reversal.

No. 538. CALVARESI ET AL. v. UNITED STATES; and No. 548. SMALDONE ET AL. v. UNITED STATES. On petitions for writs of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit. Per Curiam: In the interests of justice and in the exercise of the supervisory powers of this Court, certiorari is granted and the cases are severally reversed and remanded to the District Court for retrial before a different judge. A. X. Erickson, W. H. Erickson and Albert E. Sherlock for petitioners in No. 538. Peyton Ford, Alan Y. Cole and F. E. Dickerson for petitioners in No. 548. Solicitor General Sobeloff, Assistant Attorney General Olney, Beatrice Rosenberg and Edward S. Szukelewicz for the United States. Reported below: 216 F. 2d 891.

No. 567. MONTANA EX REL. JOHNSON v. STATE BOARD OF LAND COMMISSIONERS ET AL. On petition for writ of certiorari to the Supreme Court of Montana. Per Curiam: Certiorari is granted. The decision below is reversed insofar as it holds that the 1953 Montana Statute, Montana Rev. Codes, 1947 (Cum. Supp. 1953), § 81– 1702 (2), is inconsistent with federal law. The case is accordingly remanded to the Montana Supreme Court for proceedings not inconsistent with this order. William J. Jameson, Dean Acheson, Charles A. Horsky and W. Graham Claytor, Jr. for petitioner. Arnold H. Olsen, Attorney General of Montana, and William F. Crowley, Assistant Attorney General, for respondents. Russell E. Smith for the Governor of Montana, respondent. Briefs of amici curiae in support of the petition were filed by

Leslie R. Burgum, Attorney General, and C. L. Young for the State of North Dakota, and Phil W. Saunders, Attorney General, and Ralph A. Dunham for the State of South Dakota. Reported below: 128 Mont., 279 P. 2d 393.

Miscellaneous Orders.

No. 11, Original. MISSISSIPPI v. LOUISIANA. The report of the Special Master is received and ordered filed. Exceptions, if any, to the report of the Special Master may be filed by the parties within 60 days.

No. 186. GENERAL DRIVERS, WAREHOUSEMEN AND HELPERS, LOCAL UNION NO. 89, ET AL. v. AMERICAN TOBACCO CO., INC. Certiorari, 348 U. S. 813, to the Court of Appeals of Kentucky. The motion of the Government for leave to appear and present oral argument, as amicus curiae, is granted. Solicitor General Sobeloff filed the motion for the Government.

. No. 132, Misc. FAUBERT v. MICHIGAN ET AL. C. A. 6th Cir. Certiorari denied. Motion for leave to file petition for writ of habeas corpus also denied. Petitioner pro se. Thomas M. Kavanagh, Attorney General of Michigan, and Edmund E. Shepherd, Solicitor General, for respondents. Reported below: 214 F. 2d 311.

No. 221, Misc. EX PARTE WASHINGTON. Motion for leave to file petition for writ of habeas corpus denied. Petitioner pro se. Solicitor General Sobeloff for the United States, respondent.

Certiorari Granted. (See also Nos. 538, 548 and 567, supra.)

No. 616. SHAUGHNESSY, DISTRICT DIRECTOR, IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE, v. UNITED STATES

EX REL. ACCARDI. C. A. 2d Cir. Certiorari granted. Solicitor General Sobeloff for petitioner. Jack Wasserman for respondent. Reported below: 219 F. 2d 77.

Certiorari Denied. (See also No. 132, Misc., supra.)

No. 536.

ST. JOE PAPER Co. ET AL. v. ATLANTIC COAST

LINE RAILROAD Co.;

No. 544.

ROAD Co.;

No. 552.

CONN ET AL. v. ATLANTIC COAST LINE RAIL

LYNCH ET AL. v. ATLANTIC COAST LINE RAILROAD Co.; and

No. 573. ATLANTIC COAST LINE RAILROAD Co. v. ST. JOE PAPER Co. ET AL. C. A. 5th Cir. Certiorari denied. MR. JUSTICE BLACK and MR. JUSTICE CLARK took no part in the consideration or decision of these applications. William D. Mitchell, Edward E. Watts, Jr. and Dinsmore Adams for petitioners in No. 536 and the St. Joe Paper Co. et al., respondents in No. 573. Henry P. Adair, Fred H. Kent and Donald Russell for the DuPont Trustees et al., and Giles J. Patterson and John R. Turney for the St. Joe Paper Co., petitioners in No. 536 and respondents in No. 573. Clifton S. Thomson and Chester Bedell for Aird et al., Clarence M. Mulholland and Edward J. Hickey, Jr. for the Railway Labor Executives' Association, Harold J. Gallagher, Walter H. Brown, Jr. and James B. McDonough, Jr. for the Seaboard Air Line Railroad Co., and Sidney S. Alderman and Henry L. Walker for the Southern Railway System et al., petitioners in No. 536. Howard P. Macfarlane and George W. Erickson for Conn et al., and Miller Walton for Welbon et al., petitioners in No. 544. J. Turner Butler, John T. G. Crawford and Willard P. Scott for petitioners in No. 552. Edward W. Bourne, Charles Cook Howell, Charles Cook Howell, Jr. and Richard B. Gwathmey for the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Co. Reported below: 216 F. 2d 832.

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No. 558. JOHN HANCOCK MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE Co. v. BEARDSLEE. C. A. 7th Cir. Certiorari denied. Owen Rall for petitioner. Irving M. Greenfield and Irving D. Levin for respondent. Reported below: 216 F. 2d 457.

No. 562. STOW MANUFACTURING Co. v. NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD. C. A. 2d Cir. Certiorari denied. Roy C. McHenry for petitioner. Solicitor General Sobeloff, David P. Findling, Dominick L. Manoli and Rosanna A. Blake for respondent. Reported below: 217 F.2d 900.

No. 563. EDWARD S. WAGNER CO., INC. v. MITCHELL, SECRETARY OF LABOR. C. A. 2d Cir. Certiorari denied. Irwin N. Wilpon for petitioner. Solicitor General Sobeloff, Stuart Rothman, Bessie Margolin and Sylvia S. Ellison for respondent. Reported below: 217 F. 2d 303.

No. 569. UNITED STATES EX REL. CIRCELLa v. Sahli, DISTRICT DIRECTOR, IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE. C. A. 7th Cir. Certiorari denied. Thomas M. Tracey for petitioner. Solicitor General Sobeloff, Assistant Attorney General Olney, Beatrice Rosenberg and Felicia Dubrovsky for respondent. Reported below: 216 F.2d 33.

No. 574. RosCOE BIFOCAL CO., INC. v. SIMON, GENERAL PARTNER OF RAY SIMON OPTICAL Co. C. A. 7th Cir. Certiorari denied. Max Chill for petitioner. Norman H. Nachman for respondent. Reported below: 216 F. 2d 339.

No. 578. THOMPSON, TRUSTEE, ET AL. v. ST. LOUISSAN FRANCISCO RAILWAY Co. C. A. 8th Cir. Certiorari denied. Thos. T. Railey, Geo. W. Holmes and Toll R.