Case Name: Whitmer v. Illinois
Court: Supreme Court of the United States
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1939-01-03
Citations: 305 U.S. 576
Docket Number: No. 522
Parties: Whitmer v. Illinois.
Judges: 
Reporter: United States Reports
Volume: 305
Pages: 576–576

Head Matter:
No. 522.
Whitmer v. Illinois.
Decided January 3, 1939.
Mr. Wm. Scott Stewart for appellant.
Mr. Otto Kerner, Attorney General of Illinois, for appel-lee.

Opinion:
Per Curiam:
The motion of the appellee to dismiss the appeal is granted and the appeal is dismissed (1) for the want of jurisdiction, § 237 (a), Judicial Code, as amended by the Act of February 13, 1925 (43 Stat. 936, 937); and (2) for want of a properly presented federal question. Godchaux Co. v. Estopinal, 251 U. S. 179; Rooker v. Fidelity Trust Co., 261 U. S. 114, 117; Herndon v. Georgia, 295 U. S. 441, 443.