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GOODING, WARDEN v. WILSON
396 U.S. 112·Supreme Court of the United States·1969
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Opinion
GOODING, WARDEN v. WILSON
No. 582.
Decided December 8, 1969
Arthur K. Bolton, Attorney General of Georgia, Harold N. Hill, Jr., Executive Assistant Attorney General, Marion O. Gordon and Courtney Wilder Stanton, Assistant Attorneys General, and Franklin Pierce for appellant.
[MAJORITY — Per Curiam.]
Per Curiam.
The motion of the appellee for leave to proceed in forma pauperis is granted. The motion to dismiss is granted and the appeal is dismissed for want of jurisdiction.