Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States

National Biscuit Company v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

Nat’l Biscuit Co. v. Commonwealth of Pa., 357 U.S. 571 (1958)

Type
Opinion
Court
Supreme Court of the United States
Jurisdiction
Federal
Date
1958-06-30
Topic
general

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357 U.S. 571

78 S.Ct. 1383

2 L.Ed.2d 1547

NATIONAL BISCUIT COMPANY, appellant,
v.
COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA.

No. 990.

Supreme Court of the United States

June 30, 1958

Messrs. Roy J. Keefer and Leslie M. Swope, for appellant.

Messrs. Thomas D. McBride, Atty.Gen. of Pennsylvania and George W. Keitel, Deputy Atty.Gen., for appellee.

PER CURIAM.

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The motion to dismiss is granted and the appeal is dismissed for want of a substantial federal question.