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REED v. COUNTY COMMISSIONERS

No. 744.

277 U.S. 376 (1928)

REED ET AL. v. THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF DELAWARE COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA, ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 28, 1928.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Levi Cooke, for petitioners. Senators James A. Reed, Charles L. McNary, William H. King, and Robert M. La Follette, Jr., and Mr. Jerry C. South, the petitioners in the case, and Senator Guy D. Goff and Mr. Frederic P. Lee, Legislative Counsel for the Senate, were on the brief.

Mr. Albert J. Williams for respondents.

MR. JUSTICE BUTLER delivered the opinion of the Court.

The petitioners brought this suit in the United States court for the eastern district of Pennsylvania. The court held it was without jurisdiction and dismissed the case. 21 F.2d 144. The Circuit Court of Appeals adopted its opinion and affirmed the decree. 21 F.2d 1018.

Petitioners maintain that...

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