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HOWITT v. UNITED STATES

No. 354.

328 U.S. 189 (1946)

66 S.Ct. 923

90 L.Ed. 1162

HOWITT ET AL. v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 6, 1946.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bart. A. Riley submitted on brief for petitioners.

Walter J. Cummings, Jr. argued the cause for the United States. With him on the brief were Solicitor General McGrath, Robert S. Erdahl and Beatrice Rosenberg.

Willard H. McEwen filed a brief for the Brotherhood of Railway and Steamship Clerks, Freight Handlers, Express and Station Employees, as amicus curiae.

MR. JUSTICE BLACK delivered the opinion of the Court.

The wartime transportation shortage during the winter of 1943 made it exceedingly difficult to obtain tickets for trains going north from Miami, Florida. Petitioners are three ticket sellers and one diagram clerk who were employed at that time by a railroad at Miami. Petitioners Howitt, Lee, and Dewhurst were charged with, and convicted for, conspiracy to violate the Interstate Commerce Act, 49 U.S.C. § 1...

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