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ROSS v. SCHNECKLOTH, SUPERINTENDENT, WASHINGTON STATE PENITENTIARY, 1958 — 357 U.S. 575 · caselaw · US
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ROSS v. SCHNECKLOTH, SUPERINTENDENT, WASHINGTON STATE PENITENTIARY
357 U.S. 575·Supreme Court of the United States·1958
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ROSS v. SCHNECKLOTH, SUPERINTENDENT, WASHINGTON STATE PENITENTIARY.
No. 513,
Misc.
Decided June 30, 1958.
Petitioners pro se.
John J. O’Connell, Attorney General of Washington, and Michael R. Alfieri, Assistant Attorney General, for respondent in No. 596, Mise.
Together with No. 596, Misc., Woods v. Rhay, Superintendent, Washington State Penitentiary, also on petition for writ of certiorari to the same Court.
[MAJORITY — Per Curiam.]
Per Curiam.
The motions for leave to proceed in forma pauperis and the petitions for writs of certiorari are granted. The judgments of the Supreme Court of Washington are vacated and the cases are remanded for consideration in light of Eskridge v. Washington State Prison Board, ante, p. 214.