Eisler v. United States, 338 U.S. 189 (1949)

Eisler v. United States


No. 255


Argued March 28, 1949
Decided June 27, 1949
338 U.S. 189

CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CIRCUIT

Syllabus

In view of petitioner’s flight from the country after the grant of his petition for writ of certiorari and after the submission of the cause on the.merits, which may have rendered moot any judgment on the merits, the cause will be removed from the docket and, after this Term, will be left off the docket until a direction to the contrary shall issue. P. 190.

Petitioner was convicted in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia for a violation of R.S. § 102, as amended, 2 U.S.C. § 192. The United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit affirmed the conviction. 83 U.S.App.D.C. 315, 170 F.2d 273. This Court granted certiorari. 335 U.S. 857. The cause is removed from the docket until further order of the Court, p. 190.