General
Witherspoon v. Illinois et al.; Bumper v. North Carolina
390 U.S. 1001·Supreme Court of the United States·1968
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Opinion
No. 1015.
No. 1016.
Witherspoon v. Illinois et al. Bumper v. North Carolina.
Joel W. Westbrook for Turner; John P. Frank and John J. Flynn for Madden; Alex Elson, Willard J. Lassers and Marvin Braiterman for American Friends Service Committee et al.; and Jack Greenberg, James M. Nabrit III, Michael Meltsner, Leroy D. Clark, Norman C. Amaker, Charles S. Ralston and Anthony G. Amsterdam for NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc., et al., on the motions.
[MAJORITY]
Sup. Ct. Ill.; and
Sup. Ct. N. C. Motions of Oscar Turner, Rebecca B. Madden, and American Friends Service Committee et al. for leave to file briefs, as amici curiae, in No. 1015, granted. Motion of NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc., et al., for leave to file brief, as amici curiae, in both cases, granted.
[For earlier orders herein, see, e. g., ante, p. 986.]