Sunshine Book Company v. Summerfield, 587

Decision Date13 January 1958
Docket NumberNo. 587,587
PartiesSUNSHINE BOOK COMPANY and Solar Union Naturisme, Inc., petitioners, v. Arthur E. SUMMERFIELD, Individually and as Postmaster General of the United States
CourtU.S. Supreme Court

Mr. O. John Rogge, for petitioners.

Solicitor General Rankin, Assistant Attorney General Doub and Mr. Samuel D. Slade, for respondent.

On petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.

PER CURIAM.

The petition for writ of certiorari is granted and the judgment of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit is reversed. Roth v. United States, 354 U.S. 476, 77 S.Ct. 1304, 1 L.Ed.2d 1498.

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