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HUNTER v. DEAN, SHERIFF
439 U.S. 28158 L. Ed. 2d 520·Supreme Court of the United States·1978
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Opinion
HUNTER v. DEAN, SHERIFF
No. 77-6248.
Argued October 11, 1978
Decided December 11, 1978
James G. Bonner, Jr., argued the cause for petitioner. With him on the brief was C. Michael Abbott.
G. Stephen Parker argued the cause for respondent. On the brief were Arthur K. Bolton, Attorney General of Georgia, Robert S. Stubbs II, Executive Assistant Attorney General, Don A. Langham, First Assistant Attorney General, John C. Walden, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and B. Dean Grindle, Jr., Assistant Attorney General.
[MAJORITY — Per Curiam.]
Per Curiam.
The writ of certiorari is dismissed as improvidéntly granted.