Case Name: ALEXANDER v. UNITED STATES and nine other cases
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1949-03-14
Citations: 173 F.2d 867
Docket Number: No. 12081
Parties: ALEXANDER v. UNITED STATES and nine other cases.
Judges: 
Reporter: Federal Reporter 2d Series
Volume: 173
Pages: 867–874

Head Matter:
ALEXANDER v. UNITED STATES and nine other cases.
No. 12081.
United States Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit.
Dissenting Opinion March 21, 1949.
March 14, 1949.
Gallagher,, Margolis, McTernan & Tyre, Ben Margolis and John T. McTernan, all of Los Angeles, Cal., for appellants.
James M. Carter, U. S. Atty., of Los Angeles, Cal., and Max H. Goldschein, Frank De Nunzio and Vincent Russo, Sp. Assts. to the Atty. Gen., for appellee.
A. L. Wirin and Fred Okrand, both of Los Angeles, Cal., for American Civil Liberties Union, amicus curiae.
Daniel' G. Marshall and Sam Houston Allen, both of Los Angeles, Cal., for Los Angeles and Hollywood-Beverly Hills Chapters National Lawyers’ Guild, amicus curiae.
J. Bruce F.ratis, George Olshausen and Benjamin Dreyfus, all of San Francisco, Cal., for San Francisco Chapter National Lawyers’ Guild, amicus curiae.
Before DENMAN, Chief Judge, and MATHEWS, STEPHENS, HEALY, BONE and ORR, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Judges Denman,'Stephens and Orr think that the judgments in these cases should be reversed. Judges Mathews, Healy and Bone think that the judgments should be affirmed. The judgments are, therefore, affirmed by an equally divided court.