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JEFFERSON et al. v. HACKNEY, COMMISSIONER, DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WELFARE OF TEXAS, et al., 1970 — 397 U.S. 821 · caselaw · US
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JEFFERSON et al. v. HACKNEY, COMMISSIONER, DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WELFARE OF TEXAS, et al.
397 U.S. 821·Supreme Court of the United States·1970
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JEFFERSON et al. v. HACKNEY, COMMISSIONER, DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WELFARE OF TEXAS, et al.
No. 1345,
Misc.
Decided May 4, 1970
Ed J. Polk and Carl Bachlin for appellants.
Crawford C. Martin, Attorney General of Texas, Nola White, First Assistant Attorney General, Pat Bailey, Executive Assistant Attorney General, and W. 0. Shultz II, Assistant Attorney General, for appellees.
[MAJORITY — Per Curiam.]
Per Curiam.
The motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis is granted. The judgment is vacated and the case is remanded to the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas for further consideration in light of Rosado v. Wyman, ante, p. 397.