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SCALES v. UNITED STATES
355 U.S. 12 L. Ed. 2d 19·Supreme Court of the United States·1957
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Opinion
SCALES v. UNITED STATES.
No. 3.
Argued October 10-11, 1956. — Restored to the docket for reargument June 3, 1957.
Decided October 14, 1957.
Telford Taylor argued the cause and filed a brief for petitioner.
Solicitor General Rankin argued the cause for the United States. With him on the brief were Assistant Attorney General Tompkins, Harold D. Koffsky, Kevin T. Maroney, William F. O’Donnell and Philip T. White.
Barent Ten Eyck filed a brief for the American Civil Liberties Union, as amicus curiae, urging reversal.
[MAJORITY — Per Curiam.]
Per Curiam.
Upon consideration of the entire record and the confession of error by the Solicitor General, the judgment of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit is reversed. Jencks v. United States, 353 U. S. 657.