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HACKNEY, COMMISSIONER OF PUBLIC WELFARE OF TEXAS, et al. v. MACHADO et al., 1970 — 397 U.S. 593 · caselaw · US
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HACKNEY, COMMISSIONER OF PUBLIC WELFARE OF TEXAS, et al. v. MACHADO et al.
397 U.S. 593·Supreme Court of the United States·1970
The Chief Justice, Mr. Justice Black, and Mr. Justice Stewart dissent.
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Opinion
HACKNEY, COMMISSIONER OF PUBLIC WELFARE OF TEXAS, et al. v. MACHADO et al.
No. 553.
Decided April 20, 1970
Crawford C. Martin, Attorney General of Texas, Nola White, First Assistant Attorney General, Hawthorne Phillips, Executive Assistant Attorney General, and J. C. Davis and John H. Banks, Assistant Attorneys General, for appellants.
C. Stanley Banks, Jr., for appellees.
[MAJORITY — Per Curiam.]
Per Curiam.
The judgment is vacated and the case is remanded to the District Court for reconsideration in light of Goldberg v. Kelly, ante, p. 254.
The Chief Justice, Mr. Justice Black, and Mr. Justice Stewart dissent.