Legal Opinion

Northern Securities Co. v. United States

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided November 30, 1903No. 277PublishedCited by 29 opinions

APPEAL PROM THE UNITED STATES CIRCUIT COURT POR THE DISTRICT OP MINNESOTA. Motion for leave to file brief as amicus curias denied.

1Opinion of the Court

The Chief Justice:

In support of this motion certain letters were presented showing that request was made of counsel for the respective parties for their consent to the application, and that they withheld direct consent, leaving the matter entirely to the court to determine. When the motion was submitted objection to the granting of leave was made by counsel for appellees.

Where in a pending case application to file briefs is made by counsel not employed therein, but interested in some other pending case involving similar questions, and consent is given, the court has always exercised great…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Green v. BiddleSupreme Court of the United States · 1823
  2. State of Florida v. State of GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1855
  3. The Gray JacketSupreme Court of the United States · 1867

3Cited by29 opinions

  1. John H. Ryan v. Commodity Futures Trading CommissionCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1997
  2. United States v. MichiganCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1991
  3. Alexander v. HallDistrict Court, D. South Carolina · 1974
  4. Thalheim v. Town of GreenwichSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2001
  5. United States v. Ross R. Barnett and Paul B. Johnson, JrCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1963

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