J. Aron Co. v. Mississippi Shipping Co.

Full title: J. ARON COMPANY, INC., v . MISSISSIPPI SHIPPING COMPANY, INC

Court: U.S.

Date published: Nov 23, 1959

361 U.S. 115 (1959)

80 S. Ct. 212

Opinion

ON PETITION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT.

No. 450.

Decided November 23, 1959.

Consent judgment having been entered by the District Court since judgment of reversal by Court of Appeals, certiorari granted, judgment of the Court of Appeals vacated and case remanded.

Reported below: 270 F.2d 345.

Eberhard P. Deutsch, Brunswick G. Deutsch and Rene H. Himel, Jr. for petitioner.

PER CURIAM.[fn*] [fn*] Page 115 [REPORTER'S NOTE: This decision per curiam is reported as amended by an order entered December 14, 1959.]

It appearing from the petitioner's suggestion of mootness that, subsequent to the judgment of reversal by the Court of Appeals of the original interlocutory decree of the District Court and the filing of the petition for writ of certiorari, a consent judgment for damages and costs was entered by the District Court, the petition for writ of certiorari is granted, the judgment of the Court of Appeals is vacated and the case is remanded to the Court of Appeals with directions to dismiss the appeal as moot.