CARMICHAEL v. SOUTHERN COAL CO.

No. 724.

301 U.S. 495 (1937)

CARMICHAEL, ATTORNEY GENERAL OF ALABAMA, ET AL. v. SOUTHERN COAL & COKE CO.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 24, 1937.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Messrs. A.A. Carmichael, Attorney General of Alabama, and Peyton D. Bibb, Assistant Attorney General, with whom Messrs. Charles L. Rowe and Thomas S. Lawson, Assistant Attorneys General, and Noel T. Downing were on the brief, for appellants.

Mr. Borden Burr, with whom Messrs. Niel P. Sterne and Marion Rushton were on the brief, for Southern Coal & Coke Co., appellee in No. 724.

Mr. Forney Johnston, with whom Mr. Jos. F. Johnston was on the brief, for Gulf States Paper Corp., appellee in No. 797.


MR. JUSTICE STONE delivered the opinion of the Court.

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