310 U.S. Decisions Denying Certiorari. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit denied. Mr. Irving K. Baxter for petitioner. Reported below: 107 F. 2d 115. No. 816. CARBON SILK MILL Co. v. PoWELL ET AL., TRUSTEES OF VERTEX HOSIERY MILLS, INC. April 29, 1940. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit denied. Mr. Michael J. Evansha for petitioner. Mr. William E. Mikell, Jr. for respondents. Reported below: 108 F. 2d 474. No. 841. STANDARD OIL Co. v. ZANGERLE, AUDITOR, ET AL. April 29, 1940. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Supreme Court of Ohio denied. Mr. Isador Grossman for petitioner. Mr. Frederick W. Green for respondents. Reported below: 136 Ohio St. 212; 24 N. E. 2d 829. No. 856. NORCOR COMPANY V. SCHMITT. April 29, 1940. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit denied. Mr. Irving Breakstone for petitioner. Mr. Ralph M. Snyder for respondent. Reported below: 109 F. 2d 407. No. 857. AMERICAN LIFE INSURANCE Co. v. HUTCHESON. April 29, 1940. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit denied. Mr. J. F. Finlay for petitioner. Mr. Chas. C. Moore for respondent. Reported below: 109 F. 2d 424. No. 885. RAILROAD CREDIT CORP. v. SOUTHERN RAILWAY Co. April 29, 1940. Petition for writ of certiorari 269631°-40—40 DECISIONS PER CURIAM, ETC., FROM APRIL 23, 1940, THROUGH JUNE 3, 1940.* No. 879. LOVING ET AL., A COPARTNERSHIP, v. UNITED STATES ET AL. Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Western District of Oklahoma. April 29, 1940. Per Curiam: The judgment is affirmed. McDonald v. Thompson, 305 U. S. 263, 266; United States v. Maher, 307 U. S. 148, 153-154; Interstate Commerce Commission v. Union Pacific R. Co., 222 U. S. 541, 547–548; Los Angeles Switching Case, 234 U. S. 294, 311-312. Messrs. Robert H. Ledbetter and E. P. Ledbetter for appellants. Reported below: 32 F. Supp. 464. No. 881. OHIO EX REL. JONAK V. WHITE ET AL., MEMBERS of the INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION OF OHIO. Appeal from the Supreme Court of Ohio. April 29, 1940. Per Curiam: The motion to dismiss is granted and the appeal is dismissed for want of a substantial federal question. Louisville & Nashville R. Co. v. Schmidt, 177 U. S. 230, 236; Holmes v. Conway, 241 U. S. 624, 631-632; Hardware Dealers Insurance Co. v. Glidden, 284 U. S. 151, 158; Snyder v. Massachusetts, 291 U. S. 97, 105; Radium Dial Co. v. Ryan, 308 U. S. 504. Mr. Lody Huml for appellant. Mr. Thomas J. Herbert for appellees. Reported below: 136 Ohio St. 213; 24 N. E. 2d 826. No. —, original. EX PARTE JOHN A. CURTIS. April 29, 1940. Motion for leave to file a petition for writ of habeas corpus denied. *For decisions on applications for certiorari, see post, pp. 616, 624; for rehearing, post, pp. 654, 656. For cases disposed of without consideration by the Court, post, p. 654. 269631° -10 -39 609 Decisions Per Curiam, Etc. 310 U.S. No., original. EX PARTE RAILROAD COMMISSION OF TEXAS ET AL. April 29, 1940. Motion for leave to file a petition for a writ of mandamus denied. No. 552. MURRAY, RECEIVER, ET AL. v. CITY OF NEW YORK ET AL.; and No. 558. ROBERTS, RECEIVER, v. MURRAY, RECEIVER, ET AL. April 29, 1940. The motion further to defer consideration of the petitions for writs of certiorari to the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit is granted and consideration is deferred until October 7 next. The CHIEF JUSTICE took no part in the consideration and decision of this application. Reported below: 103 F. 2d 889. No. 915. SOUTHERN SERVICE Co., LTD., v. COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ET AL. Appeal from the Supreme Court of California. May 6, 1940. Per Curiam: The motion to dismiss is granted and the appeal is dismissed for the want of a substantial federal question. (1) Graham & Foster v. Goodcell, 282 U. S. 409, 429-430; Eitel v. Toman, 308 U. S. 505; Sears, Roebuck & Co. v. Toman, 308 U. S. 505. (2) Ohio Oil Co. v. Conway, 281 U. S. 146, 159; Railroad Co. v. Commissioners, 98 U. S. 541, 543-544; Chesebrough v. United States, 192 U. S. 253, 259–260. Messrs. W. Sumner Holbrook, Jr., Karl D. Loos, and Preston B. Kavanagh for appellant. Mr. W. B. McKesson for the County of Los Angeles; and Messrs. Ray L. Chesebro and Leon Thomas David for the City of Los Angeles, appellees. Reported below: 15 Cal. 2d 1; 97 P. 2d 963. No. 921. WYNNE ET AL. v. TEXAS. Appeal from the Supreme Court of Texas. May 6, 1940. Per Curiam: The appeal is dismissed for the want of a substantial 310 U.S. Decisions Per Curiam, Etc. federal question. Hodge v. Muscatine County, 196 U. S. 276. Mr. Sproesser Wynn for appellants. Reported below: 134 Texas 455; 113 S. W. 2d 325; 133 S. W. 2d 951. No. 930. RAILROAD COMMISSION OF TEXAS ET AL. v. HUMBLE OIL & REFINING CO. Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Western District of Texas. May 6, 1940. Motion for stay. The enforcement of the injunction is stayed until action upon the statement as to jurisdiction. See p. 616. No., original. EX PARTE W. J. MEREDITH ET AL. May 6, 1940. The motion for a temporary restraining order pending the motion for leave to file a petition for a writ of mandamus, presented to MR. JUSTICE FRANKFURTER and referred by him to the Court, is denied. No.-, original. EX PARTE R. L. SCOTT. May 6, 1940. Motion for leave to file a petition for writ of mandamus denied. No. 943. EAVEY COMPANY ET AL. V. DEPARTMENT OF TREASURY OF INDIANA ET AL. Appeal from the Supreme Court of Indiana. May 20, 1940. Per Curiam: The motion to dismiss is granted and the appeal is dismissed for want of a substantial federal question. Hendrick v. Maryland, 235 U. S. 610; Hicklin v. Coney, 290 U. S. 169, 173; Carley & Hamilton v. Snook, 281 U. S. 66, 72-73; Arthur v. Indiana, 309 U. S. 630. Messrs. Lloyd D. Claycombe and Albert Stump for appellants. Messrs. Joseph W. Hutchinson and Rexell A. Boyd for appellees. Reported below: 24 N. E. 2d 268. |