STERLING v. CONSTANTIN

Nos. 11 and 453.

287 U.S. 378 (1932)

STERLING, GOVERNOR OF TEXAS, ET AL. v. CONSTANTIN ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided December 12, 1932.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Messrs. E.F. Smith and Dan Moody, with whom Mr. Paul D. Page, Jr., was on the brief, for appellants.

Messrs. Joseph W. Bailey, Jr., and Luther Nickels for appellees.


MR. CHIEF JUSTICE HUGHES delivered the opinion of the Court.

The District Court, composed of three judges (U.S.C., Tit. 28, § 380), granted an interlocutory injunction restraining the appellants, Ross S. Sterling, Governor of the State of Texas, W.W. Sterling, Adjutant General of the State, and Jacob F. Wolters, Brigadier General of the Texas National Guard, from enforcing their military or executive orders regulating...

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