Case: Woodring, Secretary of War, et al. v. Clarksburg-Columbus Short Route Bridge Co.
Abbreviation: Woodring v. Clarksburg-Columbus Short Route Bridge Co.
Decision Date: 1937-12-20
Docket Number: No. 39
Citation: 302 U.S. 658
Volume: 302
Reporter: United States Reports
Court: Supreme Court of the United States
Jurisdiction: United States
Parties: Woodring, Secretary of War, et al. v. Clarksburg-Columbus Short Route Bridge Co.
Judges: 
Pages: 658–658

Head Matter:
No. 39.
Woodring, Secretary of War, et al. v. Clarksburg-Columbus Short Route Bridge Co.
Decided December 20, 1937.
Solicitor General Reed, Assistant Attorney General Whitaker, and Messrs. J. Frank Staley and Paul A. Sweeney for petitioners. Mr. George D. Horning, Jr., for respondent.

Opinion:
Certiorari, 301 U. S. 679, to the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.
Per Curiam:
The motion of the petitioners to reverse the judgment and remand the cause to the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, with instructions to dismiss the bill, is granted, and the judgment of the Court of Appeals is reversed, and the cause remanded to the District Court with instructions to dismiss the bill of complaint upon the ground that the cause is moot. Brownlow v. Schwartz, 261 U. S. 216, 217, 218; Alejandrino v. Quezon, 271 U. S. 528, 535, 536; Bracken v. Securities & Exchange Comm'n, 299 U. S. 504.