State of Wisconsin v. State of Illinois State of Michigan v. State of Illinois State of New York v. State of Illinois

• Decision Date: 22 April 1929
• Docket Number: No. 7,No. 12,No. 11,7,11,12
• Citation: 73 L.Ed. 976,279 U.S. 821,49 S.Ct. 349
• Parties: The STATE OF WISCONSIN et al., complainants, v. The STATE OF ILLINOIS et al.; STATE OF MICHIGAN, complainant, v. The STATE OF ILLINOIS et al.; STATE OF NEW YORK, complainant. v. STATE OF ILLINOIS et al. , original. , original. , original
• Court: U.S. Supreme Court

279 U.S. 821

49 S.Ct. 349

73 L.Ed. 976

The STATE OF WISCONSIN et al., complainants,

v The STATE OF ILLINOIS et al.;

STATE OF MICHIGAN, complainant,

v. The STATE OF ILLINOIS et al.;

STATE OF NEW YORK, complainant. v. STATE OF ILLINOIS et al.

No. 7, original.

No. 11, original.

No. 12, original.

Supreme Court of the United States

April 22, 1929

and

Messrs. Wm. J. Morgan and Ralph M. Hoyt, both of Milwaukee, Wis., Herman L. Ekern, of Madison, Wis., C. L. Hilton, of St. Paul, Minn., E. C. Turner and C. C. Crabbe, both of Columbus, Ohio, Geo. W. Woodruff, of Philadelphia, Pa., Newton D. Baker, of Cleveland, Ohio, John W. Reynolds, of Madison, Wis., R. T. Jackson, of Mineral Point, Wis., G. A. Youngquist, of St. Paul, Minn., for the State of Wisconsin and others.

Messrs. Edw. J. Brundage, Wm. F. Mulvihill, Morton S. Cressy, Edmond D. Adcock, Oscar E. Carlstrom, H. A. Brouillet, Jas. Hamilton Lewis, Geo. F. Barrett, and Louis J. Behan, all of Chicago, Ill., J. T. Kenworthy and Cyrus E. Dietz, both of Rock Island, Ill., Hugh S. Johnson, of Springfield, Ill., Maclay Hoyne, of Chicago, Ill., and James M. Beck, of Washington, D. C., for the State of Illinois and others.

Messrs. Wilber M. Brucker, Atty. Gen., A. B. Dougherty, William W. Potter, and Arthur E. Kidder, all of Lansing, Mich., for the State of Michigan.

Messrs. Hamilton Ward, Atty. Gen., of New York City, Albert J. Danaher, Asst. Atty. Gen., of Albany, N. Y., Albert Ottinger, of New York City, R. J. Le Boeuf, Jr., of Albany, N. Y., and Nathan L. Miller, of New York City, for the State of New York.

Messrs. North T. Gentry, of Columbia, Mo., Daniel N. Kirby, of St. Louis, Mo., and Cornelius Lynde, of Chicago, Ill., for intervener State of Missouri.

Mr. F. M. Thompson, of Nashville, Tenn., for intervener State of Tennessee.

Mr. F. E. Daugherty, of Louisville, Ky.,...