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Loper v. Beto, Corrections Director, 1971 — 404 U.S. 954 · caselaw · US
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Loper v. Beto, Corrections Director
404 U.S. 954·Supreme Court of the United States·1971
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No. 70-5388.
Loper v. Beto, Corrections Director.
[MAJORITY]
C. A. 5th Cir. [Certiorari granted, ante, p. 821.] Motion of petitioner to have A. C. Turner et al., acting members of the Board of Pardons and Paroles of Texas, joined as parties respondent granted. Motion of petitioner for the appointment of counsel granted. It is ordered that John T. Cabaniss, Esquire, of Houston, Texas, be, and he is hereby, appointed to serve as counsel for petitioner in this case.