Burnet v. Brooks

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The Attorney General and Mr. Thomas D.Thacher, Sol. Gen., of Washington, D.C., for petitioner.

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Mr. Francis B. Hamlin, of New York City, for respondents.

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Mr. Chief Justice HUGHES delivered the opinion of the Court.