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Socialist Party, USA, et al. v. Jordan, Secretary of State of California, 1958 — 356 U.S. 952 · caselaw · US
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Socialist Party, USA, et al. v. Jordan, Secretary of State of California
356 U.S. 952·Supreme Court of the United States·1958
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Opinion
No. 865.
Socialist Party, USA, et al. v. Jordan, Secretary of State of California.
A. L. Wirin and Fred Okrand for petitioners.
Edmund G. Brown, Attorney General of California, and Delbert E. Wong, Deputy Attorney General, for respondent.
[MAJORITY]
Motion to dispense with printing of petition for writ of certiorari granted. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Supreme Court of California denied. The Chief Justice took no part in the consideration or decision of this motion and application.
The American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California filed a brief, as amicus curiae, urging that the petition for writ of certiorari be granted.