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BUCK v. JEWELL-LaSALLE REALTY CO.

Nos. 138 and 139.

283 U.S. 191 (1931)

51 S.Ct. 410

75 L.Ed. 971

BUCK ET AL. v. JEWELL-LaSALLE REALTY COMPANY. SAME v. SAME.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 13, 1931.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Thomas G. Haight, with whom Messrs. Nathan Burkan, Louis D. Frohlich, E.S. Hartman, and Maurice J. O'Sullivan were on the brief, for Buck et al.

Mr. Charles M. Blackmar, with whom Mr. Kenneth E. Midgley was on the brief, for Jewell-LaSalle Realty Company.

Messrs. Louis G. Caldwell and Philip G. Loucks, by special leave of Court, filed a brief on behalf of the National Association of Broadcasters, Inc., as amicus curiae.

MR. JUSTICE BRANDEIS delivered the opinion of the Court.

These suits were brought in the federal court for western Missouri by the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers, and one of its members, against the Jewell-LaSalle Realty Company, which operates the LaSalle Hotel at Kansas City. The hotel maintains a master radio receiving set which is wired to each of the public and private rooms. As part of the service...

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