Legal Opinion

Herb v. Pitcairn

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided February 5, 1945No. 24PublishedCited by 276 opinions

1Opinion of the Court 1

324 U.S. 117 (1945)

HERB

v.

PITCAIRN ET AL., RECEIVERS FOR WABASH RAILWAY CO.

No. 24.

Supreme Court of United States.

Argued October 17, 18, 1944.

Decided February 5, 1945.

CERTIORARI TO THE SUPREME COURT OF ILLINOIS.[*]

Mr. Roberts P. Elam, with whom Mr. Mark D. Eagleton was on the brief, for petitioners.

Mr. Bruce A. Campbell, with whom Messrs. Carleton S. Hadley, Geo. D. Burroughs, James A. Farmer and Walton Whitwell were on the brief, for respondents.

2Opinion of the Court · JacksonJustice Jackson

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3Cases cited34 opinions

  1. Texas & Pacific Railway Co. v. RigsbySupreme Court of the United States · 1916
  2. Mondou v. New York, New Haven & Hartford RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1912
  3. St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway Co. v. TaylorSupreme Court of the United States · 1908
  4. Murdock v. City of MemphisSupreme Court of the United States · 1875
  5. Chambers v. Baltimore & Ohio RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1907

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4Cited by276 opinions

  1. Coleman v. ThompsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
  2. Hanson v. DencklaSupreme Court of the United States · 1958
  3. Fay v. NoiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  4. Michigan v. LongSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
  5. Ake v. OklahomaSupreme Court of the United States · 1985

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