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Chandler v. Warden Fretag, 1954 — 347 U.S. 933 · caselaw · US
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Chandler v. Warden Fretag
347 U.S. 933·Supreme Court of the United States·1954
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Opinion
No. 161,
Misc.
Chandler v. Warden Fretag.
James P. Brown, Carl A. Cowan and Phillip M. O’Hara for petitioner.
Roy H. Beeler, Attorney General of Tennessee, and Nat Tipton and Knox Bigham, Assistant Attorneys General, for respondent.
[MAJORITY]
Supreme Court of Tennessee. Certiorari granted.