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Alaska Salmon Co. v. Alaska, 249 U.S. 62 (1919)

Alaska Salmon Co. v. Alaska

No. 151

Argued January 20, 1919

Decided March 3, 1919

249 U.S. 62

ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

Syllabus

Decided on the authority of Alaska Pacific Fisheries v. Alaska, ante, 249 U. S. 53.

Writ of error to review 236 F. 6 dismissed.

The case is stated in the opinion.

Memorandum by direction of the Court, by MR. JUSTICE DAY.

This action was brought in the District Court of Alaska by the Territory of Alaska to recover license taxes from the Alaska Salmon Company. Judgment was rendered

Page 249 U. S. 63

in the district court in favor of the territory. To review that judgment, a writ of error was taken from the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. The circuit court of appeals affirmed the judgment of the district court. 236 F. 62. A petition for a rehearing was filed and denied. Petition for writ of certiorari to the circuit court of appeals was denied in this Court. 242 U.S. 648.

The writ of error must be dismissed. The judgment of the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit was final for the reasons set forth in Nos. 117 and 118, just decided, ante, 249 U. S. 53.

Dismissed.