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Garner et al. v. Louisiana; Briscoe et al. v. Louisiana; and Hoston et al. v. Louisiana, 1961 — 365 U.S. 840 · caselaw · US
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Garner et al. v. Louisiana; Briscoe et al. v. Louisiana; and Hoston et al. v. Louisiana
365 U.S. 840·Supreme Court of the United States·1961
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Opinion
No. 617.
No. 618.
No. 619.
Garner et al. v. Louisiana; Briscoe et al. v. Louisiana; and Hoston et al. v. Louisiana.
A. P. Tureaud, Thurgood Marshall, Jack Greenberg, Louis H. Poliak and James M. Nabrit III for petitioners.
Jack P. F. Gremil-lion, Attorney General of Louisiana, N. Cleburn Dalton, Assistant Attorney General, and John F. Ward, Jr. for respondent.
[MAJORITY]
Supreme Court of Louisiana. Certiorari granted.
Reported below:-La.-,-So. 2d-.