UNITED STATES v. MONTGOMERY WARD & CO.

No. 8765.

150 F.2d 369 (1945)

UNITED STATES v. MONTGOMERY WARD & CO., Inc., et al.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Writ of Certiorari Granted November 5, 1945.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul Freund, Sp. Asst. to the Atty. Gen., Robert Barnard, John P. Frank, Charles Fahy and Hugh B. Cox, Sol. Gen., all of Washington, D. C., Fowler Hamilton, Asst. Atty. Gen., and J. Albert Woll, U. S. Atty., of Chicago, Ill., for appellant.

Stuart S. Ball, John A. Barr, Harold A. Smith, and Charles J. Calderini, all of Chicago, Ill., and Guy A. Gladson and Arthur D. Welton, Jr., both of Chicago, Ill., for appellees.

Before EVANS, SPARKS, and KERNER, Circuit Judges.


Writ of Certiorari Granted November 5, 1945. See 66 S.Ct. 140.

EVANS, Circuit Judge.

In this declaratory judgment suit, the United States seeks to establish the legality of the Presidential order of seizure of several of Ward's retail stores and properties, and to enjoin interference with its possession thereof.

The complaint was supported by affidavits. Defendants in turn filed an answer, supported by their affidavits. There was a single hearing on...

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