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UNITED STATES v. SMITH

No. 694.

286 U.S. 6 (1932)

52 S.Ct. 475

76 L.Ed. 954

UNITED STATES v. GEORGE OTIS SMITH.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 2, 1932.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. John W. Davis, with whom Mr. Alexander J. Groesbeck was on the brief, for the United States Senate.

Attorney General Mitchell, with whom Solicitor General Thacher, and Mr. Erwin N. Griswold were on the brief, as amici curiae by leave of Court.

Mr. George Wharton Pepper for Smith.

MR. JUSTICE BRANDEIS delivered the opinion of the Court.

This petition, in the name of the United States, for a writ of quo warranto was filed in the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, on relation of the district attorney, in deference to the desire of the United States Senate to have presented for judicial decision the question whether George Otis Smith holds lawfully the office of member and chairman of the...

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