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National Association for the Advancement of Colored People v. Alabama ex rel. Patterson, Attorney General, 1957 — 353 U.S. 972 · caselaw · US
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National Association for the Advancement of Colored People v. Alabama ex rel. Patterson, Attorney General
353 U.S. 972·Supreme Court of the United States·1957
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Opinion
No. 846.
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People v. Alabama ex rel. Patterson, Attorney General.
Robert L. Carter, Thurgood Marshall and Arthur D. Shores for petitioner. John Patterson, Attorney General of Alabama, and MacDonald Gallion, Edmon L. Rinehart and James W. Webb, Assistant Attorneys General, for respondent.
[MAJORITY]
Supreme Court of Alabama. Certiorari granted.