General
Scales v. United States; Lightfoot v. United States
353 U.S. 979·Supreme Court of the United States·1957
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Opinion
No. 29.
No. 32.
Scales v. United States. Lightfoot v. United States.
Telford Taylor for petitioner in No. 29. John J. Abt for petitioner in No. 32. Solicitor General Rankin, Assistant Attorney General Tompkins, Harold D. Koffsky and William F. O’Donnell for the United States. With them on the brief in No. 29 were Kevin T. Maroney and Philip T. White. Barent Ten Eyck filed a brief for the American Civil Liberties Union, as amicus curiae, urging reversal in both cases.
[MAJORITY]
Certiorari, 350 U. S. 992, to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit; and
Certiorari, 350 U. S. 992, to the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. No. 29, argued October 10-11, 1956; No. 32, argued October 11,1956. These cases are restored to the docket for reargument.
Reported below: No. 29, 227 F. 2d 581; No. 32, 228 F. 2d 861.