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HAWKS v. HAMILL

No. 147.

288 U.S. 52 (1933)

53 S.Ct. 240

77 L.Ed. 610

HAWKS ET AL. v. HAMILL ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 9, 1933.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Messrs. W.C. Lewis, Assistant Attorney General of Oklahoma, and Purman Wilson, with whom Mr. J. Berry King, Attorney General, was on the brief, for petitioners.

Mr. Charles B. Cochran, with whom Mr. Lessing Rosenthal was on the brief, for respondents.

MR. JUSTICE CARDOZO delivered the opinion of the Court.

The respondents, claiming to be the owners of a perpetual franchise to collect tolls for the use of a bridge across the Canadian River, brought suit in the United States District Court against the members of the State Highway Commission of Oklahoma, the Attorney General of that State, the County Attorneys of McClain and Cleveland Counties, and other persons, residents of the neighborhood, to restrain a threatened...

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