DIVISION OF LABOR LAW ENFORCEMENT v. UNITED STATES

No. 17541.

301 F.2d 82 (1962)

DIVISION OF LABOR LAW ENFORCEMENT, DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS, STATE OF CALIFORNIA, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit.

April 4, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Pauline Nightingale, Los Angeles, Cal., Samuel Berman, San Francisco, Cal., Effie Sparling and Milford A. Maron, Los Angeles, Cal., for appellant.

Louis F. Oberdorfer, Asst. Atty. Gen., Lee A. Jackson, Joseph Kovner and Thomas H. McPeters, Attorneys, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C., Francis C. Whelan, U. S. Atty., and Lillian W. Wyshak, Asst. U. S. Atty., Los Angeles, Cal., for appellee.

Before BARNES and DUNIWAY, Circuit Judges, and DAVIS, District Judge.


DUNIWAY, Circuit Judge.

Acting on behalf of certain wage claimants, the Division of Labor Law Enforcement of the State of California appeals from a decision of the District Court affirming that of a Referee in Bankruptcy. We have jurisdiction under 11 U.S.C.A. § 47.

The sole question presented is whether the United States had acquired "possession" of a liquor license, issued by the State of California to the bankrupt, before the bankruptcy. We hold that...

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