Case Name: Anderson, Receiver, v. Atherton, Administrator
Court: Supreme Court of the United States
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1937-10-18
Citations: 302 U.S. 643
Docket Number: No. 12
Parties: Anderson, Receiver, v. Atherton, Administrator.
Judges: 
Reporter: United States Reports
Volume: 302
Pages: 643–643

Head Matter:
No. 12.
Anderson, Receiver, v. Atherton, Administrator.
Argued October 15, 1937.
Decided October 18, 1937.
Messrs. George P. Barse and Eugene P. Locke, with whom Messrs. E. B. Stroud, Maurice E. Purnell, Arthur Peter, and John G. Heyburn were on the brief, for petitioner. Mr. John C. Doolan, with whom Messrs. Newton D. Baker, Howard F. Burns, William W. Crawford, Allen P. Dodd, Churchill Humphrey, T. Kennedy Helm, Graddy Cary, David R. Castleman, Charles G. Middleton, Huston Quin, Henry E. McElwain, Jr., Thomas A. Barker, and Henry J. Tilford were on the brief, for respondents. Messrs. T. Kennedy Helm, Edward A. Dodd, and Henry J. Tilford were on a brief for respondents Dr. Oscar E. Block et al.

Opinion:
Certiorari, 300 U. S. 652, to the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.
Per Curiam:
The Court is of the opinion that the Circuit Court of Appeals was in error in ruling that, in the absence of a cross appeal, the question whether common law liability for negligence would support the decree was not before the court for review. United States v. American Express Co., 265 U. S. 425, 435, 436; Langnes v. Green, 282 U. S. 531, 538, 539; Public Service Commission v. Havemeyer, 296 U. S. 506, 509; United States v. Curtiss-Wright Corp., 299 U. S. 304, 330; Morley Construction Co. v. Maryland Casualty Co., 300 U. S. 185, 191. The decree of the Circuit Court of Appeals is reversed and the cause is remanded to that court for the determination of that question.