Land et al. v. Dollar et al. (341 U.S. 737)
U.S. Supreme Court · decided June 4, 1951 · Supreme Court Database (Spaeth)
- Citation
- 341 U.S. 737 · 71 S. Ct. 987
- Decided
- June 4, 1951
- Term
- October Term 1950
- Vote
- 6–1
- Issue area
- Judicial Power
- Disposition
- Stay, petition, or motion granted
- Outcome
- Petitioning party won
- Ideological direction
- Conservative
Opinion excerpt
Per Curiam. (1) Nos. 697 and 702 are before the Court on petitions for certiorari to review, first, an order of the District Court for the District of Columbia requiring that Charles Sawyer endorse certain stock certificates as “United States Maritime Commission, by Charles Sawyer, Secretary of Commerce,” and, second, a Restraining Order issued by the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit enjoining named petitioners from: “proposing, seeking or advocating any step in any proceeding, whether in said suit entitled United States v. R. Stanley Dollar, et al., or in any other proceeding, inconsistent with strict compliance with and obedience to the orders heretofore entered by this Court in this cause. “AND IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that said persons are and each of them is enjoined and restrained until further order of this Court from complying with, taking advantage of, or utilizing, or seeking to comply with, utilize or take advantage of said temporary injunction issued by the United States District Court for the Northern District of California, Southern Division, in said cause entitled United States v. R. Stanley Dollar, et al., or any order of similar tenor which may hereafter be entered by said court or any other court.” The two orders are before the Court for the first time in Nos. 697 and 702. Certiorari is granted in these cases. (2) Subsequent to the issuance…
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