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LIGGETT & MYERS TOBACCO CO. v. UNITED STATES

Nos. 42107, 42411, 42412.

14 F.Supp. 543 (1936)

LIGGETT & MYERS TOBACCO CO. v. UNITED STATES. COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS v. UNITED STATES. LIGGETT & MYERS TOBACCO CO. on Behalf of COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS v. UNITED STATES.

Court of Claims.

April 6, 1936.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Henry F. Long, of Boston, Mass., for plaintiffs.

Fred K. Dyar, of Washington, D. C., and Frank J. Wideman, Asst. Atty. Gen., for defendants.

John J. Bennett, Jr., Atty. Gen. (Wendell P. Brown, of Albany, N. Y., on the brief), amicus curiæ for the State of New York.

A. A. F. Seawell, Atty. Gen., Charles Ross, of Raleigh, N. C., and Edward A. Adams, of Los Angeles, Cal., amici curiæ for the States of North Carolina, South Carolina, and California.

Paul A. Dever, Atty. Gen. (Charles F. Lovejoy, of Boston, Mass., on the brief), for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Before BOOTH, Chief Justice, and GREEN, LITTLETON, WILLIAMS, and WHALEY, Judges.

PER CURIAM.

Now on this 6th day of April, 1936, upon consideration of the motion to amend the findings and for a new trial in the three cases above mentioned, it is ordered by the court that the findings be amended by adding thereto the following:

The Boston State Hospital is maintained by the commonwealth of Massachusetts for care and treatment of those having mental diseases. Institutional treatment of the insane has existed for several centuries, although...

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