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Shakur et al. v. McGrath, Commissioner of Correction, 1970 — 397 U.S. 999 · caselaw · US
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Shakur et al. v. McGrath, Commissioner of Correction
397 U.S. 999·Supreme Court of the United States·1970
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Opinion
No. 1386,
Misc.
Shakur et al. v. McGrath, Commissioner of Correction.
William M. Kunstler for petitioners. Frank S. Hogan for respondent. Jack Greenberg, Michael Meltsner, and Elizabeth B. DuBois for NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc., as amicus curiae in support of the petition.
[MAJORITY]
C. A. 2d Cir. Certiorari denied.