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Lewis v. Culver, Director and Coordinator, Florida Correctional Institutions; Brown v. Smyth, Superintendent, Virginia Penitentiary; McCarthy v. Jackson, Warden; Cornelious v. Martin, Warden; and Wilson v. Banmiller, Warden, 1958 — 358 U.S. 806 · caselaw · US
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Lewis v. Culver, Director and Coordinator, Florida Correctional Institutions; Brown v. Smyth, Superintendent, Virginia Penitentiary; McCarthy v. Jackson, Warden; Cornelious v. Martin, Warden; and Wilson v. Banmiller, Warden
358 U.S. 806·Supreme Court of the United States·1958
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No. 23,
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Lewis v. Culver, Director and Coordinator, Florida Correctional Institutions; Brown v. Smyth, Superintendent, Virginia Penitentiary; McCarthy v. Jackson, Warden; Cornelious v. Martin, Warden; and Wilson v. Banmiller, Warden.
Petitioners pro se. Richard W. Ervin, Attorney General of Florida, and David U. Tumin, Assistant Attorney General, for respondent in No. 8, Misc. A. S. Harrison, Jr., Attorney General of Virginia, and Thomas M. Miller, Assistant Attorney General, for respondent in No. 23, Misc. Louis J. Lefko-witz, Attorney General of New York, and Paxton Blair, Solicitor General, for respondent in No. 28, Misc.
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Motions for leave to file petitions for writs of habeas corpus denied. Treating the papers submitted as petitions for writs of certiorari, certiorari is denied.'