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Reid, Superintendent, District of Columbia Jail, v. Covert, 1956 — 350 U.S. 985 · caselaw · US
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Reid, Superintendent, District of Columbia Jail, v. Covert
350 U.S. 985·Supreme Court of the United States·1956
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Opinion
No. 701.
Reid, Superintendent, District of Columbia Jail, v. Covert.
Solicitor General Sobeloff, Assistant Attorney General Olney, Beatrice Rosenberg and Richard J. Blanchard for appellant. Frederick Bernays Wiener for appellee.
[MAJORITY]
Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. Further consideration of the question of the jurisdiction of this Court in this case and of the motion to dismiss or affirm is postponed to the hearing of the case on the merits.