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REPORTER'S NOTE.

The next page is purposely numbered 801. The numbers between 548 and 801 were purposely omitted, in order to make it possible to publish the per curiam decisions and orders in the current advance sheets or "preliminary prints" of the United States Reports with permanent page numbers, thus making the official citations available immediately.

DECISIONS PER CURIAM AND ORDERS FROM THE BEGINNING OF OCTOBER TERM,

1954, THROUGH APRIL 5, 1955.

No. 175.

CASES DISMISSED IN VACATION.

GOVERNMENT OF GUAM v. HATCHETT. On petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. September 10, 1954. Dismissed per stipulation pursuant to Rule 60 of the Rules of this Court. Howard D. Porter, Attorney General of Guam, and Louis A. Otto, Jr., Deputy Attorney General, for petitioner. Reported below: 212 F. 2d 767.

No. 49, Misc. RUFFIN v. UNITED STATES ET AL. On motion for leave to file petition for writ of habeas corpus. September 10, 1954. Dismissed pursuant to Rule 60 of the Rules of this Court on motion of petitioner.

No. 161. A/S HAKEDAL V. KLOECKNER Reederei und KOHLENHANDEL, G. M. B. H. On petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. September 17, 1954. Dismissed per stipulation pursuant to Rule 60 of the Rules of this Court. James M. Estabrook for petitioner. William Garth Symmers for respondent. Reported below: 210 F.2d 754.

No. 26. MEACHAM CORPORATION ET AL. v. UNITED STATES. Certiorari, 347 U. S. 932, to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. September 28, 1954. Dismissed per stipulation pursuant to Rule 60 of the Rules of this Court. Thomas B. Gay and H. Merrill Pasco for petitioners. Solicitor General Sobeloff for the United States. Reported below: 207 F. 2d 535.

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October 14, 1954.

OCTOBER 14, 1954.

Decisions Per Curiam.

No. 88.

WILLIAMS v. CAROLINA LIFE INSURANCE Co.

ET AL. C. A. 5th Cir. Per Curiam: The petition for writ of certiorari is granted and the judgment is reversed. Robert Culpepper, Jr. for petitioner. Reported below: 210 F. 2d 477.

No. 106. STAPLING MACHINES Co. v. STONE, CHAIRMAN, STATE TAX COMMISSION OF MISSISSIPPI, ET AL. Appeal from the Supreme Court of Mississippi. Per Curiam: The motion to dismiss is granted and the appeal is dismissed for the want of a substantial federal question. Bernard Leonard Tighe, Jr. for appellant. John E. Stone for appellees. Reported below: 220 Miss. 470, 71 So. 2d 205.

No. 116. BOHLING V. CORSI, COMMISSIONER, DIVISION OF EMPLOYMENT, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR OF NEW YORK. Appeal from the Court of Appeals of New York. Per Curiam: The motion to dismiss is granted and the appeal is dismissed for the want of a substantial federal question. Merwin K. Hart, Jr. for appellant. Nathaniel Goldstein, Attorney General of New York, Wendell P. Brown, Solicitor General, and Francis R. Curran, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee. Reported below: 306 N. Y. 815, 118 N. E. 2d 823.

No. 152. JAYNE ET AL., JUDGES OF THE CIRCUIT COURT OF WAYNE COUNTY, ET AL. v. CITY OF DETROIT ET AL. Appeal from the Supreme Court of Michigan. Per Curiam: The motion to dismiss is granted and the appeal is dismissed for the want of a substantial federal question. George E. Brand for appellants. James H. Lee for appellees. Reported below: 339 Mich. 62, 62 N. W. 2d 626.

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No. 111. HARRIS ET AL. v. BATTLE, GOVERNOR, ET AL. Appeal from the Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia. Per Curiam: The motion to substitute Thomas B. Stanley as a party appellee in the place and stead of John S. Battle is granted. It appearing that the cause has become moot, the judgment of the Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia is vacated and the cause is remanded. for such proceedings as by that Court may be deemed appropriate. United States v. Anchor Coal Co., 279 U. S. 812. MR. JUSTICE REED would dismiss the appeal for lack of jurisdiction. Norfolk Turnpike Co. v. Virginia, 225 U. S. 264, 269. Since the Court, however, treats the appeal as properly before it, he votes to dismiss on the ground of mootness. THE CHIEF JUSTICE, MR. JUSTICE BLACK and MR. JUSTICE DOUGLAS are of the opinion that the case is not moot and that this Court should consider and decide the federal questions raised. Bernard Cushman and Justus R. Moll for appellants. J. Lindsay Almond, Jr., Attorney General of Virginia, C. F. Hicks, Assistant Attorney General, and Henry T. Wickham for appellees. Reported below: 195 Va. lxxxviii.

No. 115. TRAFTON V. TEXAS. Appeal from the Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas. Per Curiam: The motion to dismiss is granted and the appeal is dismissed for the want of a substantial federal question. MR. JUSTICE BLACK is of the opinion that probable jurisdiction should be noted. Harry S. Pollard for appellant. John Ben Shepperd, Attorney General of Texas, and Rudy G. Rice and Robert O. Fagg, Assistant Attorneys General, for appellee. Reported below: 160 Tex. Cr. R. —, 271 S. W. 2d 814.

No. 167.

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POMPROWITZ, DOING BUSINESS AS L. C. L. TRANSIT COMPANY, ET AL. v. UNITED STAtes et al. peal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin. Per Curiam: The motion to

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