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Willner v. Committee on Character and Fitness, Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Judicial Department, 1962 — 371 U.S. 900 · caselaw · US
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Willner v. Committee on Character and Fitness, Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Judicial Department
371 U.S. 900·Supreme Court of the United States·1962
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Opinion
No. 140.
Willner v. Committee on Character and Fitness, Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Judicial Department.
Louis J. Lefkowitz, Attorney General of New York, on the motion.
Henry Waldman for petitioner, in opposition.
[MAJORITY]
Certiorari, 370 U. S. 934, to the Court of Appeals of New York. The motion of the respondent to dismiss the writ of certiorari is denied.