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curiae were filed by Mr. Osmond K. Fraenkel, on behalf of the American Civil Liberties Union; and by Messrs. Harry Graham Balter, Carey McWilliams, Ellis E. Patterson, and George Bodle, on behalf of the National Lawyers Guild, Los Angeles Chapter,-in support of the petition. Reported below: 14 Cal. 2d 464; 94 P. 2d 983.

No. 783. HELVERING, COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, v. HORST. April 8, 1940. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit granted. Solicitor General Biddle for petitioner. Mr. Harry H. Wiggins for respondent. Reported below: 107 F.2d 906.

No. 799. SIBBACH v. WILSON & Co. April 8, 1940. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit granted. Messrs. Lambert Kaspers and Royal W. Irwin for petitioner. Mr. J. F. Dammann for respondent. Reported below: 108 F. 2d 415.

No. 813. MONTGOMERY WARD & Co. v. DUNCAN. April 8, 1940. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit granted. Mr. J. Merrick Moore for petitioner. Messrs. Edward H. Coulter and Kenneth W. Coulter for respondent. Reported below: 108 F. 2d 848.

No. 822. WASHINGTON EX REL. COLUMBIA BROADCASTING CO. v. SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON FOR KING COUNTY ET AL. See ante, p. 638.

No. 768. HELVERING, COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, V. CENTER INVESTMENT Co. See ante, p. 639.

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No. 818. SMITH V. TEXAS. April 22, 1940. Motion for leave to proceed further in forma pauperis, and petition for writ of certiorari to the Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas, granted. Mr. William A. Vinson for petitioner. Reported below: 139 Tex. Crim.-; 136 S. W. 2d 842.

No. 726. FLEISHER ENGINEERING & CONSTRUCTION Co. ET AL. v. UNITED STATES FOR THE USE AND BENEFIT OF HALLENBECK. See, post, p. 693.

No. 778. WILSON & CO., INC. v. UNITED STATES; No. 779. WILSON & CO., INC., OF KANSAS v. SAME; and

No. 780. T. M. SINCLAIR & Co. v. SAME. April 22, 1940. Petition for writs of certiorari to the Court of Claims granted. Messrs. J. Harry Covington, Dean G. Acheson, and Paul E. Shorb for petitioners. Solicitor General Biddle, Assistant Attorney Clark, and Messrs. Sewall Key and J. Louis Monarch for the United States. Reported below: 90 Ct. Cls. 131; 30 F. Supp. 672.

No. 789. NASHVILLE, CHATTANOOGA & ST. LOUIS RAILWAY V. BROWNING ET AL., CONSTITUTING THE STATE BOARD OF EQUALIZATION. April 22, 1940. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Supreme Court of Tennessee granted. Messrs. Wm. H. Swiggart and Edwin F. Hunt for petitioner. Mr. W. F. Barry for respondents. Reported below: 176 Tenn.-; 140 S. W. 2d 781.

No. 814. AMERICAN UNITED MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE Co. v. CITY OF AVON PARK, FLORIDA. April 22, 1940. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit granted. Mr. Giles J.

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General Jackson for the United States. Mr. George R. Tuttle for respondent. Reported below: 27 C. C. P. A. (Customs); 104 F. 2d 368.

No. 426. HELVERING, COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, V. LEONARD. February 5, 1940. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit granted. Solicitor General Jackson for petitioner. Messrs. J. Donald Duncan and James B. Alley for respondent. Reported below: 105 F. 2d 900.

No. 427. HELVERING, COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, v. FULLER. February 5, 1940. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit granted. Solicitor General Jackson for petitioner. Mr. Lucius F. Robinson for respondent. Reported below: 105 F. 2d 903.

No. 632. CANTWELL ET AL. v. CONNECTICUT. See ante, p. 626.

No. 638. APEX HOSIERY Co. v. LEADER ET AL. February 26, 1940. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit granted. Messrs. Sylvan H. Hirsch, Allen J. Levin, Arno P. Mowitz, and Stanley Folz for petitioner. Messrs. Isadore Katz and A. J. Nydick for respondents. Reported below: 108 F.2d 71.

No. 662. DAMPSKIBSSELSKABET DANNEBROG ET AL. v. SIGNAL OIL & GAS Co. February 26, 1940. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit granted. Messrs. Lane Summers, W. H.

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Hayden, and F. T. Merritt for petitioners. Mr. Glenn J. Fairbrook for respondent. Reported below: 106 F. 2d 896.

No. 671. SONTAG CHAIN STORES Co. v. NATIONAL NUT Co. March 4, 1940. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit granted. Messrs. Wm. Nevarre Cromwell, Frank H. Towner, and Guy A. Gladson for petitioner. Messrs. Hugh N. Orr and Charles S. Evans for respondent. Reported below: 107 F. 2d 318.

No. 682. ANDERSON v. HELVERING, COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE; and

No. 683. PRICHARD v. SAME. March 4, 1940. Petition for writs of certiorari to the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit granted. Mr. Chas. H. Garnett for petitioners. Solicitor General Biddle, Assistant Attorney General Clark, and Messrs. Sewall Key and Richard H. Demuth for respondent. Reported below: 107 F. 2d 459.

No. 690. MINERSVILLE SCHOOL DISTRICT ET AL. V. GOBITIS. March 4, 1940. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit granted. Messrs. Joseph W. Henderson, Thomas F. Mount, and George M. Brodhead, Jr. for petitioners. Messrs. Hayden C. Covington and Joseph F. Rutherford for respondent. Reported below: 108 F. 2d 683.

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No. 643. WARREN ET AL. v. PALMER ET AL. 1940. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit granted. Messrs. Erwin N. Griswold, John Noble, Jr., and Paul E. Troy for

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petitioners. Mr. Hermon J. Wells for respondents. Reported below: 108 F. 2d 164.

No. 674. UNITED STATES v. APPALACHIAN ELECTRIC POWER CO. March 4, 1940. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit granted. The CHIEF JUSTICE took no part in the consideration and decision of this application. Solicitor General Biddle and Mr. David W. Robinson, Jr. for the United States. Messrs. Raymond T. Jackson, A. Henry Mosle, Hugo Kohlmann, and John L. Abbot for respondent. Reported below: 107 F. 2d 769.

No. 634. CANTY U. ALABAMA. See ante, p. 629.

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AMERICAN MANUFACTURING Co. v. NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD. See ante, p. 629.

No. 681. RAILROAD COMMISSION OF TEXAS ET AL. V. ROWAN & NICHOLS OIL CO. March 11, 1940. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit granted. Messrs. Gerald C. Mann, Attorney General of Texas, and W. F. Moore, First Assistant Attorney General, for petitioners. Messrs. Dan Moody and Rice M. Tilley for respondent. Reported below: 107 F. 2d 70.

No. 87. WHITE V. TEXAS. See ante, p. 631.

No. 698. FRAME v. HUDSPETH, WARDEN. See ante, p. 632.