JAMES A. REED, CHARLES L. MCNARY, WILLIAM H. KING, ROBERT M. LAFOLLETTE, JR., SENATORS, CONSTITUTING A SPECIAL COMMITTEE OF THE UNITED STATES SENATE, ACTING UNDER THE AUTHORITY OF SENATE RESOLUTIONS NOS. 195 AND 324 OF THE SIXTY-NINTH CONGRESS, AND JERRY C. SOUTH, ATTORNEY AND REPRESENTATIVE OF THE SAID SPECIAL COMMITTEE OF THE UNITED STATES SENATE, APPOINTED AND ACTING PURSUANT TO SENATE RESOLUTIONS NOS. 195 AND 324 OF THE SIXTY-NINTH CONGRESS, APPELLANTS,
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COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF DELAWARE COUNTY, PA., THE PROTHONOTARY OF DELAWARE COUNTY, AND JOHN J. SAILING, A JUSTICE OF THE PEACE IN AND FOR DELAWARE COUNTY, AND ALL OTHER JUSTICES OF THE PEACE AND ALDERMEN OF CITIES OF DELAWARE COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA, WHO HAVE CUSTODY OF BALLOT BOXES USED AT THE GENERAL ELECTION HELD IN DELAWARE COUNTY ON NOVEMBER 2, 1926, APPELLEES
JAMES A. REED, CHARLES L. MCNARY, WILLIAM H. KING, ROBERT M. LAFOLLETTE, JR., SENATORS, CONSTITUTING A SPECIAL COMMITTEE OF THE UNITED STATES SENATE, ACTING UNDER THE AUTHORITY OF SENATE RESOLUTIONS NOS. 195 AND 324 OF THE SIXTY-NINTH CONGRESS, AND JERRY C. SOUTH, ATTORNEY AND REPRESENTATIVE OF THE SAID SPECIAL COMMITTEE OF THE UNITED STATES SENATE, APPOINTED AND ACTING PURSUANT TO SENATE RESOLUTIONS NOS. 195 AND 324 OF THE SIXTY-NINTH CONGRESS, APPELLANTS,
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF DELAWARE COUNTY, PA., THE PROTHONOTARY OF DELAWARE COUNTY, AND JOHN J. SAILING, A JUSTICE OF THE PEACE IN AND FOR DELAWARE COUNTY, AND ALL OTHER JUSTICES OF THE PEACE AND ALDERMEN OF CITIES OF DELAWARE COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA, WHO HAVE CUSTODY OF BALLOT BOXES USED AT THE GENERAL ELECTION HELD IN DELAWARE COUNTY ON NOVEMBER 2, 1926, APPELLEES
21 F.2d 1018
United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit (1927)
Opinion of the Court
And now, November 8, 1927, after argument and due consideration had, the decree below is affirmed, on the ground of the lack of jurisdiction in that court, as stated in its opinion.