TEXAS v. DONOGHUE

No. 28.

302 U.S. 284 (1937)

TEXAS ET AL. v. DONOGHUE, TRUSTEE.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided December 6, 1937.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Messrs. William C. Davis and W.J. Holt, Assistant Attorneys General of Texas, with whom Messrs. William McCraw, Attorney General of Texas, Charles M. Kennedy, Earl Street, and Wm. Madden Hill, Assistant Attorneys General of Texas, were on the brief, for petitioners.

Messrs. William B. Harrell and Robert W. Kellough for respondent.


MR. JUSTICE BUTLER delivered the opinion of the Court.

This writ is limited to the questions raised on the application of Texas to the United States court for the northern district of that State in a proceeding under § 77B of the Bankruptcy Act1 for permission to institute proceedings in a state court for the confiscation of oil held by the trustee but claimed by the State as "unlawful oil" because produced or transported in violation...

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