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Thompson v. City of Louisville et al., 1959 — 360 U.S. 916 · caselaw · US
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Thompson v. City of Louisville et al.
360 U.S. 916·Supreme Court of the United States·1959
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Opinion
No. 884.
Thompson v. City of Louisville et al.
Louis Lusky, Harold Leventhal and Eugene Gressman for petitioner. Jo M. Ferguson, Attorney. General of Kentucky, Wm. E. Allender, Assistant Attorney General, 'William E. Berry and Herman E. Frick for respondents.
[MAJORITY]
Police Court of Louisville, Kentucky. Certiorari granted.