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SUMRALL v. KIDD et al., 1969 — 394 U.S. 215 · caselaw · US
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SUMRALL v. KIDD et al.
394 U.S. 215·Supreme Court of the United States·1969
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SUMRALL v. KIDD et al.
No. 1167,
Misc.
Decided March 10, 1969.
Lawrence A. Aschenbrenner and Elliott C. Lichtman for appellant.
Acting Solicitor General Friedman, Acting Assistant Attorney General Eardley, Morton Hollander, and Robert V. Zener for appellees.
[MAJORITY — Per Curiam.]
Per Curiam.
The motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis is granted. The judgment of the District Court is vacated and the cause is remanded in order that the District Court may enter a fresh decree from which the appellant may, if he wishes, perfect a timely appeal to the Court of Appeals. Moody v. Flowers, 387 U. S. 97.