CLEVELAND v. UNITED STATES

No. 68.

323 U.S. 329 (1945)

CITY OF CLEVELAND v. UNITED STATES ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 2, 1945.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Joseph F. Smith argued the cause (Mr. Robert M. Morgan entered an appearance) for appellant in No. 68. Mr. Ralph W. Edwards, with whom Mr. Frank T. Cullitan was on the brief, for appellants in No. 69.

Mr. C. Watson Hover, with whom Messrs. Carson Hoy and Frank M. Gusweiler were on the brief, for Guckenberger; and Mr. Walter K. Sibbald was on a brief for Skirvin, appellees in No. 388.

Mr. Robert L. Stern, with whom Solicitor General Fahy, Assistant Attorney General Littell, and Messrs. Vernon L. Wilkinson and David L. Krooth were on the briefs, for appellees in Nos. 68 and 69 and appellant in No. 388.

By special leave of Court, Mr. Francis M. Thompson for the Ohio Real Estate Association, as amicus curiae in Nos. 68 and 69, urging reversal; and Mr. Francis T. Bartlett for the Cincinnati Metropolitan Housing Authority, as amicus curiae in No. 388, urging reversal.


MR. JUSTICE ROBERTS delivered the opinion of the Court.

These appeals present the same question of substantive law and will be dealt with in a single opinion.

In No. 68 the appellees sought an injunction against the taxing officials of Cuyahoga County, Ohio, and those of the City of Cleveland, to restrain them from attempting to assess and collect taxes, pursuant to the laws of Ohio, on lands acquired by condemnation and owned by the appellees in the city...

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