WALL ET AL.
v.
MCNEE
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The Supreme Court addressed whether the defendants qualified as state officers under section 266 of the Judicial Code, which provided special remedies for challenging state officer actions. The Court held that the defendants were not state officers within the meaning of the statute and reversed the decree, remanding for further proceedings without regard to section 266.
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Per Curiam:
As appellants, defendants below, are not state officers within the meaning of § 266 of the Judicial Code (Spielman Motor Co. v. Dodge, 295 U. S. 89, 92; Ex parte Collins, 277 U. S. 565, 568; Ex parte Public National Bank, 278 U. S. 101, 104; School District No. 7 v. Hunnicut, 283 U. S. 810; Ex parte Everglades Drainage District, 293 U. S. 521; Everglades Drainage Dist. v. Florida Ranch & Dairy Corp., 74 F. (2d) 914, 915, 916; Rorick v. Everglades Drainage, 27 F. (2d) 377, 380, 381), the decree herein is reversed and the cause remanded to the District Court for further proceedings to be taken independently of § 266 of the Judicial Code, Gully v. Interstate Natural Gas Co., 292 U. S. 16, 18, 19.
Mr. H. E. Carter, Assistant Attorney General of Florida, with whom Mr. Cary D. Landis, Attorney General, and Mr. J. V. Keen, Assistant Attorney General, were on the brief, for appellants.
Mr. D. C. Hull, with whom Messrs. Erskine W. Landis and Francis P. Whitehair were on the brief, for appellee.
See 4 F. Supp. 496.
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- Spielman Motor Sales Co., Inc. v. Dodge, 295 U.S. 89 (U.S. 1935)
- Ex parte the Pub. Nat'l Bank of N.Y., 278 U.S. 101 (U.S. 1928)
- Ex parte Collins, 277 U.S. 565 (U.S. 1928)
- Gully v. Interstate Natural Gas Co., 292 U.S. 16 (U.S. 1934)
- Everglades Drainage Dist. v. Fla. Ranch & Dairy Corp., 74 F.2d 914 (5th Cir. 1935)
- Rorick v. Bd. of Com'rs of Everglades Drainage Dist. (N.D. Fla. 1928)
- Ex parte Horowitz, 293 U.S. 521 (U.S. 1934)
- Ex parte Morgan, 293 U.S. 521 (U.S. 1934)
- Moye v. North Carolina, 283 U.S. 810 (U.S. 1931)
- Clyne v. Ohio, 283 U.S. 810 (U.S. 1931)