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

U.S. Supreme Court

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

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. 340 U. S. 622-623.