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De BEERS MINES v. UNITED STATES

NO. 1189.

325 U.S. 212 (1945)

De BEERS CONSOLIDATED MINES, LTD. ET AL. v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 21, 1945.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Wm. Dwight Whitney, with whom Mr. Robert T. Swaine was on the brief, for petitioners in No. 1189. Mr. John M. Harlan, with whom Mr. John E.F. Wood was on the brief, for petitioners in No. 1190.

Mr. Herbert A. Berman, with whom Assistant Solicitor General Cox, Assistant Attorney General Berge and Mr. Edward S. Stimson were on the brief, for the United States.

MR. JUSTICE ROBERTS delivered the opinion of the Court.

These cases come before the court on petitions for certiorari presented pursuant to § 262 of the Judicial Code.1 Each petition is by several of the defendants in a single suit pending in the District Court.

Two matters are presented: the propriety of review of the action below by certiorari, and the alleged excess of jurisdiction by the court below in making the order...

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