616.

HOLMES, J., dissenting.

making any exception to the sweeping command, "Congress shall make no law abridging the freedom of speech." Of course I am speaking only of expressions of opinion and exhortations, which were all that were uttered here, but I regret that I cannot put into more impressive words my belief that in their conviction upon this indictment the defendants were deprived of their rights under the Constitution of the United States.

MR. JUSTICE BRANDEIS concurs with the foregoing opinion.

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No. 136. L. CASS MILLER ET AL. v. JOHN WIETHAUPT ET AL. Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Missouri. Submitted April 24, 1919. Decided May 19, 1919. Per Curiam. Affirmed upon the authority of State ex rel. Clay County v. Hackman, 270 Missouri, 658. Mr. Thomas K. Skinker for appellants. Mr. Richard F. Ralph and Mr. Charles A. Houts for appellees.

No. 205. UNITED STATES v. A. H. HEYWARD ET AL., ADMINISTRATORS, ETC. Appeal from the Court of Claims. Argued January 31, 1919. Decided May 19, 1919. Per Curiam. Judgment affirmed by an equally divided court. The Solicitor General for the United States. Mr. E. C. Brandenburg, with whom Mr. W. Boyd Evans and Mr. F. W. Brandenburg were on the brief, for appellees.

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No. 689. SILAS WHITE v. UNITED STATES. the District Court of the United States for the District of Nebraska. Motion to dismiss submitted April 21, 1919. Decided May 19, 1919. Per Curiam. Dismissed for want of jurisdiction upon the authority of: (1) Equitable Life Assurance Society v. Brown, 187 U. S. 308, 314; Consolidated Turnpike Co. v. Norfolk, &c. Ry. Co., 228 U. S. 596, 600; Manhattan Life Ins. Co. v. Cohen, 234 U. S. 123, 137; Pennsylvania Hospital v. Philadelphia, 245 U. S. 20, 24. (2) United States v. Kagama, 118 U. S. 375; United States v. Celestine, 215 U. S. 278; Donnelly v.

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United States, 228 U. S. 243, 270; United States v. Sandoval, 231 U. S. 28, 39; United States v. Nice, 241 U. S. 591. Mr. Thomas L. Sloan for plaintiff in error. The Solicitor General for the United States.

No. -, Original. Ex parte: IN THE MATTER OF CLARENCE L. ZIEGLER, PETITIONER. Submitted May 5, 1919. Decided May 19, 1919. Motion for leave to file a petition for a writ of habeas corpus herein denied. Mr. J. H. Adrians for petitioner.

No. 349. DANIEL DONAHOE v. PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS. Error to the Supreme Court of the State of Illinois. Motion to dismiss submitted May 19, 1919. Decided June 2, 1919. Per Curiam. Dismissed for the want of jurisdiction upon the authority of McCain v. Des Moines, 174 U. S. 168, 181; Western Union Telegraph Co. v. Ann Arbor R. R. Co., 178 U. S. 239, 243; Hull v. Burr, 234 U. S. 712, 720; Norton v. Whiteside, 239 U. S. 144, 147. Petition for certiorari denied. Mr. Leo L. Donahoe for plaintiff in error. Mr. Edward J. Brundage for defendant in error.

No. 240. JOHN D. FAXON v. CIVIL TOWNSHIP OF LALLIE, BENSON COUNTY, NORTH DAKOTA. Error to the Supreme Court of the State of North Dakota. Argued March 17, 18, 1919. Decided June 2, 1919. Per Curiam. Dismissed for want of jurisdiction upon the authority of § 237 of the Judicial Code, as amended by the Act of September 6, 1916, c. 448, 39 Stat. 726. Mr. S. E. Ellsworth for plaintiff in error. Mr. Edward T. Burke, with

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whom Mr. C. L. Young was on the brief, for defendant in error.

No. —, Original. Ex parte: IN THE MATTER OF W. GORDON MCCABE, Jr., et al., PETITIONERS. Submitted May 19, 1919. Decided June 2, 1919. Motion for leave to file petition for a writ of mandamus denied. Mr. William St. John Tozer for petitioners. Mr. Emanuel J. Meyers and Mr. Gordon S. P. Kleeberg opposing.

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ELBERT R. ROBINSON v. CHICAGO CITY RAILWAY COMPANY ET AL. Motion for an appeal submitted May 19, 1919. Denied June 2, 1919. Mr. Solomon T. Clanton for Robinson.

No. 732. CHARLES EDWIN LAYTON, ALIAS FRANCIS EDWIN LEIGHTON, ETC., v. UNITED STATES. Error to the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of Iowa. Motion to dismiss submitted June 2, 1919. Decided June 9, 1919. Per Curiam. Dismissed for want of jurisdiction upon the authority of Pickett v. Legerwood, 7 Pet. 144, 148; United States v. Abatoir Place, 106 U. S. 160, 162. Mr. Isaac B. Kimbrell and Mr. Martin J. O'Donnell for plaintiff in error. The Solicitor General for the United States.

No. 894. EARL DEAR v. PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS. Error to the Supreme Court of the State of Illinois. Motion to dismiss submitted June 2, 1919. Decided June 9, 1919. Per Curiam. Dismissed for want of jurisdiction upon the authority of Spencer v.