No. 417, Misc. CUBBLER V. NEW JERSEY. Supreme Court of New Jersey. Certiorari denied. No. 419, Misc. BINDRIN v. ILLINOIS. Supreme Court of Illinois. Certiorari denied. Reported below: 404 Ill. 520, 89 N. E. 2d 530. No. 426, Misc. BLUE v. RAGEN, WARDEN. Criminal Court of Cook County, Illinois. Certiorari denied. No. 435, Misc. DUNLEVY V. ROBINSON, WARDEN. Circuit Court of Sangamon County, Illinois. Certiorari denied. No. 450, Misc. WILD v. BURFORD, WARDEN. District Court of the County of McCurtain, Oklahoma. Certiorari denied. No. 396, Misc. BRIDGES V. NORTH NORTH CAROLINA. Supreme Court of North Carolina. Certiorari denied. MR. JUSTICE DOUGLAS is of the opinion that certiorari should be granted. J. C. B. Ehringhaus, Jr. for petitioner. Harry McMullan, Attorney General of North Carolina, and T. W. Bruton, Assistant Attorney General, for respondent. Reported below: 231 N. C. 163, 56 S. E. 2d 397. Rehearing Denied. No. 359. HIATT, WARDEN, v. BROWN, ante, p. 103; No. 525. CLEMENT v. WOODS, HOUSING EXPEDITER, ante, p. 911; No. 543. JIFFY LUBRICATOR Co. v. ALEMITE COMPANY, ante, p. 912; No. 545. CARPENTER V. ERIE RAILROAD Co., ante, p. 912; and No. 351, Misc. EX PARTE NEWSTEAD, ante, p. 909. The petitions for rehearing in these cases are severally denied. MR. JUSTICE DOUGLAS took no part in the consideration or decision of these applications. 339 U. S. April 24, 1950. APRIL 24, 1950. Per Curiam Decisions. No. 490. UNITED STATES v. COTTON VALLEY OPERATORS COMMITTEE ET AL. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana. Argued April 18, 1950. Decided April 24, 1950. Per Curiam: The judgment is affirmed by an equally divided Court. MR. JUSTICE CLARK took no part in the consideration or decision of this case. Assistant Attorney General Bergson argued the cause for the United States. With him on the brief were Solicitor General Perlman, Charles H. Weston, Stanley M. Silverberg and Richard E. Guggenheim. Arthur O'Quin argued the cause for the Ohio Oil Co. et al., appellees. With him on the brief were Charles D. Egan, David E. Smitherman, John M. Madison, W. Scott Wilkinson, H. F. Aby, Leslie Moses, A. M. Gee, C. F. Currier and Leon O'Quin. Charles L. Black argued the cause for the Stanolind Oil & Gas Co. et al., appellees. With him on the brief were Donald Campbell, W. W. Heard and Dan Moody. Chas. B. Wallace, Walace Hawkins and Earl A. Brown submitted on brief for the Magnolia Petroleum Co., appellee. No. 725. TEDESCO v. BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF ELECTIONS FOR THE PARISH OF ORLEANS ET AL. Appeal from the Court of Appeal for the Parish of Orleans, Louisiana. Per Curiam: The motion to dismiss is granted and the appeal is dismissed for want of a substantial federal question. George A. Dreyfous for appellant. Bolivar E. Kemp, Jr., Attorney General of Louisiana, Wm. A. Porteous, Jr., Second Assistant Attorney General, and Chas. J. Rivet for appellees. Reported below: 43 So. 2d 514. No. 727. HOPKINS v. MARYLAND. Appeal from the Court of Appeals of Maryland. Per Curiam: The appeal is dismissed for want of a substantial federal question. Louis S. Ashman for appellant. Reported below: 69 A. 2d 456. Miscellaneous Orders. No. 430, Misc. E. I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS & CO. ET AL. V. UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS ET AL. The motion for leave to file petition for writ of mandamus and/or certiorari is denied. Gerhard A. Gesell, Paul H. Arthur, John M. Harlan and Aaron Finger for petitioners. Solicitor General Perlman, Assistant Attorney General Bergson and Charles H. Weston for the United States, respondent. No. 455, Misc. SPILLMANN v. JACKSON, WARDEN. The motion for leave to file petition for writ of certiorari is denied. No. 464, Misc. SLADE v. JACQUES, WARDEN. The motion for leave to file petition for writ of habeas corpus is denied. Certiorari Granted. Nos. 648 and 649. INC. C. A. 8th Cir. UNITED STATES V. MUNSINGWEAR, eral Perlman for the United States. John M. Palmer for respondent. Reported below: 178 F. 2d 204. Certiorari Denied. (See also Misc. Nos. 430 and 455, supra.) No. 546. EDDY ET AL. V. PRUDENCE BONDS CORP. ET AL. C. A. 2d Cir. Certiorari denied. Petitioners pro se. Charles M. McCarty for respondent. No. 571. HELM V. NEVADA. Supreme Court of Nevada. Certiorari denied. E. P. Carville for petitioner. Alan Bible, Attorney General of Nevada, Geo. P. Annand and Robert L. McDonald, Deputy Attorneys General, for respondent. Reported below: 66 Nev. -, 209 P. 2d 187. No. 592. UNITED STATES v. PEVELY DAIRY Co.; and No. 593. UNITED STATES v. ST. LOUIS DAIRY Co. C. A. 8th Cir. Certiorari denied. Arnold Raum for the United States. William H. Allen, James A. Finch and E. C. Hartman for respondent in No. 592. Jacob M. Lashly for respondent in No. 593. Reported below: 178 F.2d 363. No. 616. PLAINFIELD HOTEL CORP. v. CITY OF BUFFALO. C. A. 2d Cir. Certiorari denied. James P. Kohler for petitioner. Herbert A. Hickman for respondent. Reported below: 177 F. 2d 425. No. 632. TAMEZ, EXECUTRIX, V. WOODS, HOUSING EXPEDITER. C. A. 5th Cir. Certiorari denied. William Robert Smith, Jr. for petitioner. Solicitor General Perlman, Ed Dupree, Nathan Siegel and Benjamin Freidson for respondent. Reported below: 177 F. 2d 639. No. 634. UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD Co. v. UNITED STATES. Court of Claims. Certiorari denied. Elmer B. Collins and Lawrence Cake for petitioner. Solicitor General Perlman, Assistant Attorney General Morison and Paul A. Sweeney for the United States. Reported below: 115 Ct. Cl. 321, 87 F. Supp. 957. No. 652. KJAR V. UNITED STATES. C. A. 5th Cir. Certiorari denied. Petitioner pro se. Solicitor General Perlman, Assistant Attorney General Caudle, Ellis N. Slack, Helen Goodner and Homer R. Miller for the United States. Reported below: 177 F. 2d 630. No. 656. RING CONSTRUCTION CORP. v. SECRETARY OF WAR. United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. Certiorari denied. Josiah E. Brill and Robert A. Littleton for petitioner. Solicitor General Perlman, Assistant Attorney General Morison, Paul A. Sweeney and Melvin Richter for respondent. Reported below: 85 U. S. App. D. C. 386, 178 F. 2d 714. No. 660. LOUISVILLE AND JEFFERSON COUNTY METROPOLITAN SEWER DISTRICT v. BOND BROTHERS. Court of Appeals of Kentucky. Certiorari denied. Blakey Helm and Gilbert Burnett for petitioner. Ernest Woodward and Squire R. Ogden for respondent. Reported below: 312 Ky. 601, 228 S. W. 2d 655. No. 661. COMMISSION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC UTILITIES OF MASSACHUSETTS v. NEW YORK, NEW HAVEN & HARTFORD RAILROAD Co. C. A. 2d Cir. Certiorari denied. Francis E. Kelly, Attorney General of Massachusetts, Francis J. Roche and David H. Stuart, Assistant Attorneys General, for petitioner. Hermon J. Wells for respondent. Reported below: 178 F. 2d 559. No. 662. REVENUE. MATHEY V. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL C. A. 1st Cir. Certiorari denied. Lawrence E. Green for petitioner. Solicitor General Perlman, Assistant Attorney General Caudle, Ellis N. Slack, Lee A. Jackson and Irving I. Axelrad for respondent. Reported below: 177 F. 2d 259. No. 665. BALTIMORE & OHIO RAILROAD Co. v. HOPPER PAPER CO. C. A. 7th Cir. Certiorari denied. Edwin H. Burgess, Frederick E. Baukhages, William A. Eggers and |