LESTER
v.
UNITED STATES ET AL.

U.S. | 1957-01-24
No. 373
352 U.S. 983 Supreme Court of the United States (1957) Positive Treatment
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    …tical to Article IX were included, subsequent modifications were made in reaction to changed circumstances. Wisconsin v. Illinois, 278 U. S. 367 (1929), 281 U. S. 179, decree entered, 281 U. S. 696 (1930), temporarily modified, 352 U. S. 945 (1956), 352 U. S. 983 (1957), superseded, 388 U. S. 426 (1967); New Jersey v. New York, 283 U. S. 336, decree entered, 283 U. S. 805 (1931), modified, 347 U. S. 995 (1954).16 The Court’s purpose in retaining jurisdiction in those cases can be gleaned from the respective…
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