Ex Parte Cogdell, 342 U.S. 163 (1951)

Ex parte Cogdell


No. 71, Misc.


Continued December 11, 1951
342 U.S. 163

PETITION FOR WRIT OF MANDAMUS

Syllabus

Because the question whether a court of three judges is required by 28 U.S.C. § 2282 in a suit to restrain on constitutional grounds enforcement of congressional enactments affecting only the District of Columbia is a question of general importance to judicial administration within the District of Columbia and is necessarily before the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit in a pending appeal taken by petitioners, the case arising on their petition for a writ of mandamus filed in this Court and raising the same question is continued on the docket to await the views of the Court of Appeals. Pp. 163-164.

Cause continued.