Case: Rickert Rice Mills, Inc. v. Fontenot, Collector of Internal Revenue; Dore v. Same; United Rice Milling Products Co., Inc. v. Same; Baton Rouge Rice Mill, Inc. v. Same; Simon v. Same; Levy Rice Milling Co., Inc. v. Same; Farmers Rice Milling Co., Inc. v. Same; and Noble-Trotter Rice Milling Co., Inc. v. Same
Abbreviation: Rickert Rice Mills, Inc. v. Fontenot
Decision Date: 1935-11-25
Docket Number: No. 577; No. 578; No. 579; No. 580; No. 581; No. 585; No. 586; No. 587
Citation: 296 U.S. 569
Volume: 296
Reporter: United States Reports
Court: Supreme Court of the United States
Jurisdiction: United States
Parties: Rickert Rice Mills, Inc. v. Fontenot, Collector of Internal Revenue; Dore v. Same; United Rice Milling Products Co., Inc. v. Same; Baton Rouge Rice Mill, Inc. v. Same; Simon v. Same; Levy Rice Milling Co., Inc. v. Same; Farmers Rice Milling Co., Inc. v. Same; and Noble-Trotter Rice Milling Co., Inc. v. Same.
Judges: Mr. Justice Brandéis, Mr. Justice Stone, and Mr. Justice Cardozo dissent from the action of the Court in granting the injunction.
Pages: 569–569

Head Matter:
No. 577. No. 578. No. 579. No. 580. No. 581. No. 585. No. 586. No. 587.
Rickert Rice Mills, Inc. v. Fontenot, Collector of Internal Revenue; Dore v. Same; United Rice Milling Products Co., Inc. v. Same; Baton Rouge Rice Mill, Inc. v. Same; Simon v. Same; Levy Rice Milling Co., Inc. v. Same; Farmers Rice Milling Co., Inc. v. Same; and Noble-Trotter Rice Milling Co., Inc. v. Same.
November 25, 1935.
Mr. Justice Brandéis, Mr. Justice Stone, and Mr. Justice Cardozo dissent from the action of the Court in granting the injunction.
Messrs. Homer L. Bruce and John P. Bullington for petitioners in Nos. 577 to 581, inclusive.
Messrs. Ralph J. Schwarz and M. B. Redmann for petitioner in No. 585.
Mr. C. A. McCoy for petitioners in Nos. 586 and 587.
Solicitor General Reed, Assistant Attorney General Wideman, and Messrs. Andrew D. Sharpe, M. H. Eustace, and Edward H. Horton for respondent.

Opinion:
The petitions for writs of certiorari to the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit are granted. The motions for injunction restraining the collection of the assailed tax, pending the hearing and determination of the causes in this Court, are granted, upon condition that the amount of the assailed taxes, as they accrue from month to month, shall be paid over to a depositary to be appointed by the Court, the order for injunction to be settled by the Chief Justice upon two days' notice.