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Buchalter v. New York; Weiss v. New York; and Capone v. New York, 1943 — 318 U.S. 797 · caselaw · US
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Buchalter v. New York; Weiss v. New York; and Capone v. New York
318 U.S. 797·Supreme Court of the United States·1943
Mr. Justice Murphy and Mr. Justice Jackson took no part in ’the consideration or decision of these applications.
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Opinion
No. 606.
Buchalter v. New York; Weiss v. New York; and Capone v. New York.
No. 610.
No. 619.
March 15, 1943.
Messrs. /. Maurice Wormser, J. Bertram Wegman, Arthur Garfield Hays, John Schulman, and Sydney Rosenthal for petitioners.
[MAJORITY]
The petition for rehearing is granted. The orders denying certiorari, ante, p. 766, are vacated and the petitions for writs of certiorari to the County Court of Kings County, New York, in Nos. 606 and 619, and to the Court of Appeals of New York in No. 610, are granted. Execution and enforcement of the sentence of death in each of these cases is stayed until the further order of this Court.
Mr. Justice Murphy and Mr. Justice Jackson took no part in ’the consideration or decision of these applications.