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In re State of Louisiana, 1955 — 350 U.S. 921 · caselaw · US
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In re State of Louisiana
350 U.S. 921·Supreme Court of the United States·1955
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Opinion
No. 14,
Original.
In re State of Louisiana.
Fred S. LeBlanc, Attorney General, John L. Madden, Assistant Attorney General, Bailey Walsh, Special Assistant Attorney General, W. Scott Wilkinson, L. H. Perez, Frank J. Looney and Grove Stafford for the State of Louisiana, petitioner. Solicitor General Sobeloff and Assistant Attorney General Rankin filed a brief for the United States in opposition to the petition.
[MAJORITY]
The motion for leave to file and the petition to perpetuate testimony are granted.
The Chief Justice took no part in the consideration or decision of this motion.