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Allen v. Merrell, County Clerk, Duchesne County, Utah
352 U.S. 889·Supreme Court of the United States·1956
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Opinion
No. 534.
Allen v. Merrell, County Clerk, Duchesne County, Utah.
Robert W. Barker, John S. Boyden and John W. Cragun for petitioner. E. R. Callister, Attorney General of Utah, for respondent. Solicitor General Rankin filed a memorandum for the United States, as amicus curiae, urging that the petition for a writ of certiorari be granted.
[MAJORITY]
The Attorney General of the State of Utah having consented to and urged the granting of the petition for certiorari, the petition for writ of certiorari to the Supreme Court of Utah is granted.