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Witherspoon v. Illinois et al.; Bumper v. North Carolina
390 U.S. 1021·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.
Jack Greenberg, James M. Nabrit III, Michael Meltsner, Leroy D. Clark, Norman C. Amaker, Charles S. Ralston and Anthony G. Amsterdam on the motion for NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc., et al. Willard J. Lassers, Alex Elson and Marvin Braiterman on the motion for American Friends Service Committee et al. Thomas C. Lynch, Attorney General, Albert W. Harris, Jr., Assistant Attorney General, and Robert R. Granucci and Robert R. Nock, Deputy Attorneys General, on the motion for the State of California.
[MAJORITY]
Sup. Ct. Ill. (Certiorari granted, 389 U. S. 1035); and
Sup. Ct. N. C. (Certiorari granted, 389 U. S. 1034.) Motion of NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc., et al. for leave to participate in oral argument, as amici curiae, denied. Motion of American Friends Service Committee et al. for leave to participate in oral argument, as amici curiae, in No. 1015 denied. Motion of the State of California for permission for three attorneys to participate in oral argument, as amicus curiae, in No. 1015 granted.