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Healy v. Ratta

288 U.S. 593 Court SCOTUS Decision date 1933-02-20 Docket No. 669 English

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p. 593
No. 669.
Healy, Chief of Police, v. Ratta.
February 20, 1933.
Mr. H. Thornton Lorimer, Assistant Attorney General of New Hampshire, with whom Mr. Francis W. Johnston, Attorney General, was on the brief, for appellant. Messrs. William N.' Rogers and Jonathan Piper filed a brief for appellee.

Appeal from the District Court of the United States, for the District of New Hampshire.

In this case probable jurisdiction is noted; The Court desires to hear argument upon the questions.: (a) whether a case for equitable relief is shown; (b) whether the amount in controversy is such as to sustain the jurisdiction of the court below; and (c) whether the defendant-appellant is á state bfficer within the meaning of § 266, Judicial Code, as amended ( 43 Stat. 936 , 938; U. S. Code, Title 28, § 380).