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SHANNAHAN v. UNITED STATES

No. 502.

303 U.S. 596 (1938)

SHANNAHAN ET AL., TRUSTEES, v. UNITED STATES ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 4, 1938.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. John C. Lawyer, with whom Mr. R. Stanley Anderson was on the brief, for appellants.

Mr. Leo F. Tierney, with whom Acting Solicitor General Bell, Assistant Attorney General Jackson, and Messrs. Wendell Berge, Robert L. Stern, Nelson Thomas, and Daniel W. Knowlton were on the brief, for appellees.

MR. JUSTICE BRANDEIS delivered the opinion of the Court.

The sole question for decision is whether the District Court had jurisdiction of this controversy under the Urgent Deficiencies Act of October 22, 1913.1

The Chicago South Shore and South Bend Railroad is an interstate electric railway subject to the Interstate Commerce Act. On August 9, 1934, the National Mediation Board requested the Commission to determine whether that...

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