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Wheeler et al. v. Montgomery, Director, Department of Social Welfare of California, et al., 1969 — 394 U.S. 970 · caselaw · US
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Wheeler et al. v. Montgomery, Director, Department of Social Welfare of California, et al.
394 U.S. 970·Supreme Court of the United States·1969
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Opinion
No. 634.
Wheeler et al. v. Montgomery, Director, Department of Social Welfare of California, et al.
Charles Stephen Ralston for appellants.
[MAJORITY]
Appeal from D. C. N. D. Cal. Probable jurisdiction noted. The Solicitor General is invited to file a brief expressing the views of the United States.
Thomas C. Lynch, Attorney General of California, Richard L. Mayers and Elizabeth Palmer, Deputy Attorneys General, and Thomas M. O’Connor for appellees.
Martin Garbus for Roger Baldwin Foundation of the American Civil Liberties Union et al. as amici curiae in support of the petition.