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Gomillion et al. v. Lightfoot, Mayor of the City of Tuskegee, et al., 1960 — 364 U.S. 806 · caselaw · US
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Gomillion et al. v. Lightfoot, Mayor of the City of Tuskegee, et al.
364 U.S. 806·Supreme Court of the United States·1960
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Opinion
No. 32.
Gomillion et al. v. Lightfoot, Mayor of the City of Tuskegee, et al.
Solicitor General Rankin for the United States. Lawrence Speiser for American Civil Liberties Union.
[MAJORITY]
Certiorari, 362 U. S. 916, to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. The motion of the United States for leave to participate in oral argument, as amicus curiae, is granted. The motion of American Civil Liberties Union for leave to file brief, as amicus curiae, is granted.