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Reck v. Illinois, 1956 — 351 U.S. 942 · caselaw · US
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Reck v. Illinois
351 U.S. 942·Supreme Court of the United States·1956
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Opinion
No. 579,
Misc.
Reck v. Illinois.
Edmund Hatfield for petitioner. Latham Castle, Attorney General of Illinois, John L. Davidson, Jr., First Assistant Attorney General, and Fred G. Leach and Edwin A. Strugala, Assistant Attorneys General, for respondent.
[MAJORITY]
Petition for writ of certiorari to the Supreme Court of Illinois denied without prejudice to an application for a writ of habeas corpus in an appropriate United States District Court.