CRAIG v. HECHT

No. 82.

263 U.S. 255 (1923)

CRAIG v. HECHT, UNITED STATES MARSHAL FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided November 19, 1923.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Edmund L. Mooney, with whom Mr. George P. Nicholson, Mr. Charles T.B. Rowe, Mr. Frank I. Tierney and Mr. Russell Lord Tarbox were on the brief, for petitioner.

Mr. Solicitor General Beck, with whom Mr. Alfred A. Wheat, Special Assistant to the Attorney General, was on the brief, for respondent.


MR. JUSTICE McREYNOLDS delivered the opinion of the Court.

The opinions below are reported in 266 Fed. 230; 274 Fed. 177; 279 Fed. 900; 282 Fed. 138.

In October, 1919, petitioner Craig, Comptroller of New York City, wrote and published a letter to Public Service Commissioner Nixon, wherein he assailed United States District Judge Mayer because of certain action taken in receivership proceedings then pending. The United...

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