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BERMAN v. PARKER

No. 22.

348 U.S. 26 (1954)

75 S.Ct. 98

99 L.Ed. 27

BERMAN ET AL., EXECUTORS, v. PARKER ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided November 22, 1954.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James C. Toomey and Joseph H. Schneider argued the cause for appellants. With them on the brief was Albert Ginsberg.

Solicitor General Sobeloff argued the cause for appellees. Assistant Attorney General Morton, Oscar H. Davis, Roger P. Marquis, George F. Riseling and William S. Cheatham were with him on a brief for the District of Columbia Redevelopment Land Agency and the National Capital Planning Commission, appellees.

Vernon E. West, Chester H. Gray, Milton D. Korman, Harry L. Walker and J. Hampton Baumgartner, Jr. filed a brief for Renah F. Camalier and Louis W. Prentiss, Commissioners of the District of Columbia, appellees.

MR. JUSTICE DOUGLAS delivered the opinion of the Court.

This is an appeal (28 U. S. C. § 1253) from the judgment of a three-judge District Court which dismissed a complaint seeking to enjoin the condemnation of appellant's property under the District of Columbia Redevelopment Act of 1945, 60 Stat. 790, D. C. Code, 1951, §§ 5-701-5-719. The challenge was to the constitutionality of the Act, particularly as applied...

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