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Cooke et al. v. North Carolina, 1959 — 358 U.S. 925 · caselaw · US
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Cooke et al. v. North Carolina
358 U.S. 925·Supreme Court of the United States·1959
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Opinion
No. 466.
Cooke et al. v. North Carolina.
J. Alston Atkins, C. O. Pearson, Carter W. Wesley and James M. Ndbrit, Jr. for appellants. Malcolm B. Seawell, Attorney General of North Carolina, and Ralph Moody, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.
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Appeal from the Supreme Court of North Carolina. Further consideration of the question of jurisdiction is postponed to the hearing of the case on the merits.