Case Name: Board of Liquidation, City Debt of New Orleans, et al. v. Board of Commissioners of the Port of New Orleans et al.
Court: Supreme Court of the United States
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1935-10-14
Citations: 296 U.S. 540
Docket Number: No. 381
Parties: Board of Liquidation, City Debt of New Orleans, et al. v. Board of Commissioners of the Port of New Orleans et al.
Judges: 
Reporter: United States Reports
Volume: 296
Pages: 540–540

Head Matter:
No. 381.
Board of Liquidation, City Debt of New Orleans, et al. v. Board of Commissioners of the Port of New Orleans et al.
Motion to dismiss submitted September 10, 1935.
Decided October 14, 1935.
Messrs. Francis P. Burns, Bertrand I. Cohn, James C. Henriques, and Henry B. Curtis for appellants.
Messrs. Huey P. Long and James Wilkinson for appellees.

Opinion:
Per Curiam:
The motion of the appellees to dismiss the appeal herein is granted, and the appeal is dismissed for the want of a substantial federal question which the appellants are entitled to raise. (1) Oshkosh Waterworks Co. v. Oshkosh, 187 U. S. 437, 439; Von Hoffman v. Quincy, 4 Wall. 535, 553-554; South Carolina v. Gaillard, 101 U. S. 433, 437-438; Hill v. Merchants' Ins. Co., 134 U. S. 515, 527; Sturges v. Crowninshield, 4 Wheat. 122, 200. (2) Columbus & Greenville Ry. v. Miller, 283 U. S. 96, 99-100; Hooker v. Burr, 194 U. S. 415, 418-419; Williams v. Eggleston, 170 U. S. 304, 309.