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SNELL et al. v. WYMAN, COMMISSIONER OF DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES OF NEW YORK, et al., 1969 — 393 U.S. 323 · caselaw · US
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SNELL et al. v. WYMAN, COMMISSIONER OF DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES OF NEW YORK, et al.
393 U.S. 323·Supreme Court of the United States·1969
Mr. Justice Douglas is of the opinion that probable jurisdiction should be noted.
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SNELL et al. v. WYMAN, COMMISSIONER OF DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES OF NEW YORK, et al.
No. 191.
Decided January 13, 1969.
James J. Graham and Martin Garbus for appellants.
Louis J. Lejkowitz, Attorney General of New York, Samuel A. Hirshowitz, First Assistant Attorney General, and Charles A. La Torella, Jr., and Maria L. Marcus, Assistant Attorneys General, for Wyman, and J. Lee Rankin and Stanley Buchsbaum for Ginsberg, appellees.
Solicitor General Griswold, Assistant Attorney General Weisl, Peter L. Strauss, and Morton Hollander for the United States, as amicus curiae, urging affirmance.
[MAJORITY — Per Curiam.]
Per Curiam.
The motions to affirm are granted and the judgment is affirmed.
Mr. Justice Douglas is of the opinion that probable jurisdiction should be noted.