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se Q ) Rypnene COURT OF THE UNITED STATES. ~ a. \ a ; Nos, 188, 186, 187.—Octoser Tera, 1942, Thomas J. Pendergast, Petitioner, 183 vs. ; The United States of America. Robert Emmet O’Malley, Petitioner, 186 vs. The United States of America. A. L. MeCormack, Petitioner, 187 US. The United States of America. On Writs of Certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit. [January 4, 1943.] Mr. Justice Dovcuas delivered the opinion of the Court. Petitioners, together with’ one Street now deceased, conceived and executed a nefarious scheme in fraud of the federal District Court and in corruption of the administration of justice. The short of it was that petitioners by fraud and deceit and through misrepresentations by attorneys induced the court to issue decrees effectuating a corrupt settlement of litigation. It happened this way: . Several insurance companies doing business in Missouri filed with the Superintendent of Insurance an increase in insurance rates which the Superintendent denied. The insurance companies filed over 130 separate injunction suits against the Superintendent ‘ and the Attorney General in the federal court to restrain the en- \ forcement of certain statutes of Missouri on the ground of un- constitutionality. A three-judge court was convened which granted motions for interlocutory injunctions on July 2, 1930, whereby the Superintendent and the Attorney General were enjoined, pending final decision, from enforcing the Missouri statutes—on condition, however, that the insurance companies deposit the amount of in- crease in rates which was collected with a custodian of the court to await the final outcome of the litigation. In September 193 a special master was appointed “who Held “hearings” “Durthg thi we ob bate. 55 MAR 2.5 1943 —