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HALE v. BIMCO TRADING CO.

No. 418.

306 U.S. 375 (1939)

HALE, CHAIRMAN, ET AL. v. BIMCO TRADING, INC., ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided February 27, 1939.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Messrs. H.E. Carter, Assistant Attorney General of Florida, and Patrick C. Whitaker, with whom Messrs. George Couper Gibbs, Attorney General, and Tom Whitaker were on the brief, for appellants.

Messrs. Martin H. Long and R.R. Saunders were on a brief for appellees.

By leave of Court, Solicitor General Jackson, Assistant Attorney General Arnold, and Messrs. Alfred Brunson MacChesney, Warner W. Gardner, and Alger Hiss filed a brief on behalf of the United States, as amicus curiae, in support of the decree.

MR. JUSTICE FRANKFURTER delivered the opinion of the Court.

The case is here on appeal, under § 266 of the Judicial Code (28 U.S.C. § 380), to review the final decree of a three-judge District Court enjoining appellants, constituting the State Road Department of Florida, from enforcing against appellees relevant provisions of a Florida statute. Acts 1937, c. 18995, Fla. Comp. Gen. Laws, c. CVIII, § 4151 (512)-(519). The statute provides for the inspection...

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