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UNITED STATES v. FULLARD-LEO

No. 429.

331 U.S. 256 (1947)

UNITED STATES v. FULLARD-LEO ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 12, 1947.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frederick Bernays Wiener argued the cause for the United States. With him on the brief were Acting Solicitor General Washington, Assistant Attorney General Bazelon, Roger P. Marquis and Alvin O. West.

A.G.M. Robertson argued the cause and filed a brief for respondents.

C. Nils Tavares, Attorney General of Hawaii, filed a brief for the Territory of Hawaii, as amicus curiae, in support of respondents.

MR. JUSTICE REED delivered the opinion of the Court.

This writ of certiorari was allowed to review a decree of the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit affirming a decree of the District Court of the United States for the District of Hawaii, 329 U.S. 697. The United States began the present proceedings by a petition, filed in the District Court, to quiet title in it to a group of islets in the Pacific...

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