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Shuttlesworth v. City of Birmingham, 1968 — 390 U.S. 1023 · caselaw · US
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Shuttlesworth v. City of Birmingham
390 U.S. 1023·Supreme Court of the United States·1968
Mr. Justice Marshall took no part in the consideration or decision of this petition.
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Opinion
No. 1207.
Shuttlesworth v. City of Birmingham.
Jack Greenberg, James M. Nabrit III, Norman C. Amaker, Charles Stephen Ralston, Melvyn Zarr, Anthony G. Amsterdam, Arthur D. Shores and Or sell Billingsley, Jr., for petitioner. J. M. Breckenridge, Earl McBee and William C. Walker for respondent.
[MAJORITY]
Sup. Ct. Ala. Certiorari granted.
Mr. Justice Marshall took no part in the consideration or decision of this petition.