Hammerstein v. Superior Court, 340 U.S. 622 (1951)

Hammerstein v. Superior Court of California

No. 421

Argued March 9, 1951
Continued March 26, 1951
340 U.S. 622

CERTIORARI TO THE SUPREME COURT OF CALIFORNIA

AND TO THE DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL OF CALIFORNIA,

SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT

Syllabus

This cause is continued for such period as will enable counsel for petitioner, with all convenient speed, to apply to the appropriate California courts for certificate or other expression to show whether the judgments herein rest on adequate and independent state grounds or whether decision of the federal question was necessary to the judgments rendered. Pp. 622-623.