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UNITED STATES v. SANTOS et al., 1970 — 397 U.S. 46 · caselaw · US
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UNITED STATES v. SANTOS et al.
397 U.S. 46·Supreme Court of the United States·1970
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Opinion
UNITED STATES v. SANTOS et al.
No. 861.
February 24, 1970
Solicitor General Griswold, Assistant Attorney General Wilson, Beatrice Rosenberg, and Mervyn Hamburg for the United States in both cases.
Julius Lucius Echeles Maurice J. Walsh and Carl M. Walsh for respondent in No. 873.
Together with No. 873, United States v. Perlman, also on petition for writ of certiorari to the same court.
[MAJORITY — Per Curiam.]
Per Curiam.
The motion of respondent Ward, for leave to proceed in forma pauperis in No. 861, is granted.
The petitions for writs of certiorari are judgments are vacated and the cases are remanded to the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit for further consideration in light of Buie v. United States, 396 U. S. 87.