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tel
nebraska
state
ry
natural
gas
slattery
cases
cited
said
order
comply
statute
necessary
union
regardless
size
finances
hire
public
accountants
others
specialized
knowledge
accounting
practices
procedure
working
men
requirement
beyond
constitutional
power
assertions
unsupported
record
show
extent
transactions
petitioners
complicated
detailed
facts
enable
us
say
petitioners
unable
comply
statute
without
expert
assistance
since
petitioners
reliance
upon
burdensome
operation
statute
bound
speculate
upon
nature
extent
burden
hardly
make
pronouncement
contentions
declaratory
judgment
proceeding
record
disclose
extent
burden
whether
information
demanded
extensive
detailed
therefore
burdensome
pass
bounds
state
may
reasonably
require
determined
light
circumstances
statute
applied
objection
state
statute
vague
uncertain
meet
constitutional
requirements
one
appropriately
considered
declaratory
judgment
proceeding
federal
courts
advance
authoritative
construction
state
said
duty
federal
courts
avoid
unnecessary
decision
constitutional
questions
siler
louisville
light
blair
crowell
benson
cases
cited
use
declaratory
judgment
procedure
test
validity
state
statute
vagueness
uncertainty
invites
rather
avoids
unnecessary
decision
constitutional
question
courts
conceive
duty
construe
statute
whenever
reasonably
possible
may
constitutional
rather
unconstitutional
stephenson
binford
moore
ice
cream
rose
screws
cases
cited
cf
spector
motor
service
mclaughlin
ex
parte
endo
alabama
courts
adhere
rule
state
ex
rel
city
mobile
board
cf
duncan
rudulph
goodman
carroll
cloverdale
homes
town
cloverdale
state
courts
given
opportunity
presentation
decision
actual
case
controversy
may
often
construe
state
statutes
application
open
constitutional
objections
might
otherwise
addressed
cox
state
new
hampshire
compare
schuylkill
trust
commonwealth
pennsylvania
schuylkill
trust
pennsylvania
advance
authoritative
construction
state
statute
state
alone
make
know
whether
state
called
apply
statute
defined
case
controversy
may
construe
statute
avoid
constitutional
question
us
decide
constitutional
question
anticipating
authoritative
construction
state
statute
either
decide
question
unnecessarily
rest
decision
unstable
foundation
construction
state
statute
state
bound
follow
spector
motor
service
mclaughlin
supra
page
page
see
also
vandenbark
glass
huddleston
dwyer
function
declaratory
judgment
extent
declaratory
judgment
procedure
may
used
federal
courts
control
state
action
lies
sound
discretion
see
great
lakes
dredge
dock
huffman
supra
abuse
discretion
make
pronouncement
constitutionality
state
statute
plainly
appeared
necessity
arisen
left
uncertainty
authoritatively
resolve
meaning
statute
applied
particular
state
facts
event
parties
free
litigate
state
courts
validity
statute
actually
applied
definite
state
facts
right
appellate
review
exercise
discretionary
power
grant
withhold
declaratory
judgment
remedy
controlling
significance
public
interest
avoid
needless
determination
constitutional
questions
needless
obstruction
domestic
policy
forestalling
state
action
construing
applying
statutes
see
great
lakes
dredge
dock
huffman
supra
page
page
et
seq
contention
act
denies
equal
protection
provisions
tended
business
corporations
associations
labor
organizations
subject
railway
labor
act
et
et
without
substance
constitution
oblige
state
regulate
reform
types
associations
organizations
none
may
begin
judgment
need
regulation
carroll
greenwich
insurance
keokee
consol
coke
taylor
bunting
state
oregon
sproles
binford
west
coast
hotel
parrish
cases
cited
reason
may
exclude
regulatory
measures
organizations
reason
believe
already
appropriately
regulated
either
state
national
legislation
ziffrin
reeves
cf
union
bank
trust
phelps
granted
certiorari
review
unsubstantial
question
issues
presented
record
us
reasons
given
inappropriate
decision
declaratory
judgment
proceeding
writ
certiorari
therefore
dismissed
dismissed
footnotes
view
take
case
unnecessary
determine
whether
petitioners
properly
raised
state
courts
federal
question
urge
respect