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United Mine Workers of America, District 12 v. Illinois State Bar Association et al., 1967 — 389 U.S. 804 · caselaw · US
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United Mine Workers of America, District 12 v. Illinois State Bar Association et al.
389 U.S. 804·Supreme Court of the United States·1967
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Opinion
No. 33.
United Mine Workers of America, District 12 v. Illinois State Bar Association et al.
J. Albert Woll, Laurence Gold and Thomas E. Harris for American Federation of Labor & Congress of Industrial Organizations, Victor Rabinowitz, Allan Brotsky and Donald L. A. Kerson for National Lawyers Guild, Joseph A. Ball, John J. Goldberg and Samuel 0. Pruitt, Jr., for State Bar of California, Jack Greenberg, James M. Nabrit III and Melvyn Zarr for NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc., et al., on the motions.
Edmund Burke, Edward L. Carey, Harrison Combs, Willard P. Owens and M. E. Boiarsky for petitioner, and Bernard H. Bertrand for respondents, in opposition.
[MAJORITY]
Sup. Ct. Ill. (Certiorari granted, 386 U. S. 941.) Motions of American Federation of Labor & Congress of Industrial Organizations, National Lawyers Guild and State Bar of California for leave to file briefs, as amici curiae, granted. Motion of NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc., et al. for leave to file brief, as amici curiae, granted. Motions of NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc., et al. and State Bar of California for leave to participate in oral argument, as amici curiae, denied.