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New York ex rel. Whitman v. Wilson, Warden, 1942 — 317 U.S. 615 · caselaw · US
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New York ex rel. Whitman v. Wilson, Warden
317 U.S. 615·Supreme Court of the United States·1942
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Opinion
No. 72.
New York ex rel. Whitman v. Wilson, Warden.
October 19, 1942.
B. Gordon Whitman, pro se. Messrs. John J. Bennett, Jr., Attorney General of New York, and Henry Epstein, Solicitor General, for respondent.
[MAJORITY]
The motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis is granted. The petition for writ of certiorari to the Supreme Court of New York is also granted.