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BOONE v. LIGHTNER

No. 698.

319 U.S. 561 (1943)

63 S.Ct. 1223

87 L.Ed. 1587

BOONE v. LIGHTNER ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 7, 1943.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Milton I. Baldinger, with whom Messrs. Stuart H. Robeson, Roy L. Deal, J.G. Moser, I. Irwin Bolotin, and Clifford M. Toohy were on the brief, for petitioner.

Mr. M.R. McCown for respondents.

MR. JUSTICE JACKSON delivered the opinion of the Court.

The federal question in this case is whether a stay of proceedings against a defendant in military service has been refused under circumstances which denied rights given by the Soldiers' and Sailors' Civil Relief Act of 1940. The controversy in which he was engaged is for state courts to settle, and we deal with the facts only as they relate to this federal question.

The petitioner Boone was summoned...

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