In re Ehlen

Jun 7, 1948
No. 526; No. 527
Reporters:
Before:
Applications

Treating the application in each of these cases as a motion for leave ‍‌‌​​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​​​​​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​​​​‌​​​‌​‌​​​​​​​‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‍to file a petition for an original writ of habeas corpus, leave to file is denied. The Chief Justice, Mr. Justice Reed, Mr. Justice Frankfurter, and ‍‌‌​​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​​​​​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​​​​‌​​​‌​‌​​​​​​​‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‍Mr. Justice Burton are of the opinion that there is want of jurisdiction. U. S. Constitution, Article III, § 2, Clause 2; see Ex parte Betz and companion cases, all 329 ‍‌‌​​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​​​​​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​​​​‌​​​‌​‌​​​​​​​‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‍U. S. 672 (1946); Milch v. United States, 332 U. S. 789 (1947); Brandt v. United States, 333 U. S. 836 (1948); In re Eichel, 333 U. S. 865 (1948).

Mr. Justice Black, Mr. Justice Douglas, Mr. Justice Murphy, and Mr. ‍‌‌​​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​​​​​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​​​​‌​​​‌​‌​​​​​​​‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‍Justice Rutledge are of the opinion that motions for leave to file should be granted and that the cases should be set for argument forthwith. Mr. ‍‌‌​​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​​​​​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​​​​‌​​​‌​‌​​​​​​​‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‍Justice Jackson took no part in the consideration or decision of these applications.