324 U.S. Decisions Per Curiam, Etc. CHIEF JUSTICE, MR. JUSTICE DOUGLAS, and MR. JUSTICE JACKSON think that the judgment should be affirmed, the Mortensen case being inapplicable for the reasons stated in the opinion of the court below. Mr. Thomas D. McBride for petitioner. Solicitor General Fahy, Assistant Attorney General Tom C. Clark, Messrs. Robert S. Erdahl and Irving S. Shapiro for the United States. Reported below: 146 F. 2d 152. No. EX PARTE HOWARD O. BUTLER. February 26, 1945. The motion for leave to file petition for writ of mandamus is denied. No.-. EX PARTE ARTHUR LEWIS. February 26, 1945. Application denied. No. EX PARTE GEORGE S. MILLER; No.-. EX PARTE GEORGE ALBERT BROWN; No.-. EX PARTE BRYAN SCHWAB; and No. ILLINOIS EX REL. RENSING v. NIERSTHEIMER, WARDEN. February 26, 1945. The motions for leave to file petitions for writs of habeas corpus are denied. No. BROTHERHOOD & UNION OF TRANSIT EMPLOYEES OF BALTIMORE V. MADDEN, REGIONAL DIRECTOR. February 26, 1945. The motion for a stay is denied. No. 410. PRICE, TRUSTEE, ET AL. v. GURNEY ET AL. February 26, 1945. Order entered amending opinion. The petition for rehearing is denied. Opinion reported as amended, ante, p. 100. No.-. Decisions Per Curiam, Etc. 324 U.S. WATKINS V. UNITED STATES. March 5, 1945. Petition denied. No. -. EX PARTE GUSS BROWN. March 5, 1945. The motion for leave to file petition for writ of mandamus is denied. No. -. EX PARTE ROBERT LEE WILHOIT. March 5. 1945. The motion for leave to file petition for writ of habeas corpus is denied. No. PUTNAM V. FEDERAL LAND BANK OF BALTIMORE. March 5, 1945. The application for reconsideration of the denial of petition for appeal is denied. No. EX PARTE UNIVERSAL OIL PRODUCTS Co. March 5, 1945. The motion for leave to file petition for writ of prohibition and mandamus is denied without prejudice to the filing of an application for writ of certiorari. MR. JUSTICE ROBERTS took no part in the consideration or decision of this application. No. 2, October Term, 1941. SON ET AL. March 5, 1945. mandate is denied. BERNARDS ET AL. v. JOHN- No. 55. PACIFIC GAS & ELECTRIC Co. v. SECURITIES & EXCHANGE COMMISSION. Certiorari, 322 U. S. 720, to the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Argued December 4, 1944. Decided March 12, 1945. Per Curiam: The judgment is affirmed by an equally divided Court. MR. JUSTICE DOUGLAS took no part in 324 U.S. Decisions Per Curiam, Etc. the consideration or decision of this case. Mr. Herman Phleger, with whom Messrs. Wm. B. Bosley, Robert H. Gerdes and James S. Moore, Jr. were on the brief, for petitioner. Mr. Chester T. Lane, with whom Solicitor General Fahy, Messrs. Roger S. Foster, Milton V. Freeman, David K. Kadane and Arnold R. Ginsburg were on the brief, for respondent. Reported below: 139 F.2d 298. No. 872. FORD MOTOR CO. v. PENNSYLVANIA. Appeal from the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania. March 12, 1945. Per Curiam: The motion to dismiss is granted and the appeal is dismissed for want of a substantial federal question. (1) Flint v. Stone Tracy Co., 220 U. S. 107, 165; Educational Films Corp. v. Ward, 282 U. S. 379; Ford Motor Co. v. Beauchamp, 308 U. S. 331; Butler Bros. v. McColgan, 315 U. S. 501; (2) Kansas City, M. & B. R. Co. v. Stiles, 242 U. S. 111; Northwestern Mutual Life Ins. Co. v. Wisconsin, 247 U. S. 132; (3) Phelps v. Board of Education, 300 U. S. 319, 322–323. Messrs. W. A. Seifert, Geo. Ross Hull and Roy J. Keefer for appellant. James H. Duff, Attorney General, and Mr. H. F. Stambaugh for appellee. Reported below: 350 Pa. 236, 38 A. 2d 329. No. 873. QUAKER OATS Co. v. PENNSYLVANIA. Appeal from the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania. March 12, 1945. Per Curiam: The motion to dismiss is granted and the appeal is dismissed for want of a substantial federal question. (1) Flint v. Stone Tracy Co., 220 U. S. 107, 165; Educational Films Corp. v. Ward, 282 U. S. 379; Ford Motor Co. v. Beauchamp, 308 U. S. 331; Butler Bros. v. McColgan, 315 U. S. 501; (2) Kansas City, M. & B. R. Co. v. Stiles, 242 U. S. 111; Northwestern Mutual Life Ins. Co. v. Wisconsin, 247 U. S. 132; (3) Phelps v. Board of Education, 300 U. S. 319, 322-323; (4) Western Live Decisions Per Curiam, Etc. 324U S Stock v. Bureau, 303 U. S. 250, 256, and cases cited. Messrs. W. A. Seifert, Geo. Ross Hull and Roy J. Keee" for appellant. James H. Duff, Attorney General, and Mr. H. F. Stambaugh for appellee. Reported below: 350 Pa. 253, 38 A. 2d 325. No. -· EX PARTE CHESTEEN MCCONNELL. 12, 1945. Application denied. No. March CATOVOLO V. HIBBS, COMMANDING GENERAL March 12, 1945. The motion for a stay of proceedings pending application for and consideration of a petition for writ of certiorari is granted. No. 982. WISCONSIN EX REL. BARTELT, ADMINISTRATOR, V. THOMPSON ET AL. Appeal from the Supreme Court of Wisconsin. March 26, 1945. Per Curiam: The appeal is dismissed for want of a substantial federal question. Phelps v. Board of Education, 300 U. S. 319, 322323; Dodge v. Board of Education, 302 U. S. 74, 79. Mr. Herbert C. Hirschboeck for appellant. Reported below: 246 Wis. 11, 16 N. W. 2d 420. No. No. EX PARTE JOSEPH RICHETSKY; EX PARTE HOWARD VAN ORDEN; and DAVIS v. JOHNSTON, WARDEN. March 26, 1945. The motions for leave to file petitions for writs of habeas corpus are denied. No.. EX PARTE DORSEY W. MCMAHAN. March 26, 1945. The motion for leave to file petition for writ of mandamus is denied. No. Decisions Per Curiam, Etc. DUNCOMBE v. MARTINSON ET AL. March 26, 1945. Application denied. No. 749. HOLLAND V. ILLINOIS. March 26, 1945. The motion of petitioner, dated March 10, is denied. No. 934. Doss v. LINDSLEY, SHERIFF. March 29, 1945. The motion of the petitioner to postpone issuance of order denying petition for certiorari pending filing and action on petition for rehearing is denied. No. 976. JONES v. WHITTLE, SHERIFF. Appeal from the Supreme Court of Georgia. April 2, 1945. Per Curiam: The motion to dismiss is granted and the appeal is dismissed for the reason that the judgment of the court below is based upon a non-federal ground adequate to support it. Mr. Benjamin B. McCowen for appellant. Mr. Reuben A. Garland for appellee. Reported below: 198 Ga. 538, 32 S. E. 2d 94. No. 1037. BARLOW ET AL. v. UTAH. Appeal from the Supreme Court of Utah. April 2, 1945. Per Curiam: The motion to dismiss is granted and the appeal is dismissed for want of a substantial federal question. Davis v. Beason, 133 U. S. 333; Reynolds v. United States, 98 U. S. 145. Messrs. Claude T. Barnes and O. A. Tangren for appellants. Grover A. Giles, Attorney General, for appellee. Reported below: 153 P. 2d 647. No. STOCKTON V. TEXAS. April 2, 1945. The motion for leave to file petition for writ of habeas corpus is denied. |