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Argued March 8, 9, 10, 29, 30, 1920.
Decided June 7, 1920.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Mr. Herbert A. Rice, Attorney General of Rhode Island, for the plaintiff in No. 29, Original. Mr. A.A. Capotosto, Assistant Attorney General, was on the briefs. See post, p. 354.
Mr. Thomas F. McCran, Attorney General of New Jersey, for the plaintiff in No. 30, Original. Mr. Francis H. McGee, Assistant Attorney General, was on the briefs. See post, p. 356.
Mr. Patrick Henry Kelley for the appellant in No. 696. See post, p. 357.
Mr. Levy Mayer and Mr. William Marshall Bullitt for the appellant in No. 752. See post, p. 357.
Mr. Elihu Root and Mr. William D. Guthrie for the appellant in No. 788. Mr. Robert Crain and Mr. Bernard Hershkopf were on the briefs. See post, pp. 361, 368.
Mr. Ralph W. Jackman for the appellee in No. 794. Mr. William H. Austin was on the brief. See post, p. 380.
Mr. Charles A. Houts, Mr. John T. Fitzsimmons and Mr. Edward C. Crow, for the appellant in No. 837, submitted. See post, p. 380.
The Solicitor General and Mr. William L. Frierson, Assistant Attorney General of the United States, for the defendants in No. 29, Original, the appellees in Nos. 752 and 788, and the appellants in No. 794. Mr. Frierson for the defendants in No. 30, Original, and for the appellees in No. 696, The Solicitor General appearing also on the briefs in those cases. The Solicitor General and Mr. Frierson, for the appellees in No. 837, submitted. See post, p. 381.
Mr. Levy Mayer and Mr. William Marshall Bullitt for the appellant in No. 752:
Mr. Root for the appellant in No. 788:
Mr. Guthrie for the appellant in No. 788:
Messrs. Houts, Fitzsimmons and Crow, for the appellant in No. 837, submitted, on the following main propositions:
Supreme Court of United States.
MR. JUSTICE VAN DEVANTER announced the conclusions of the court.
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