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JOINES v. UNITED STATES, 1958 — 357 U.S. 573 · caselaw · US
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JOINES v. UNITED STATES
357 U.S. 5732 L. Ed. 2d 1547·Supreme Court of the United States·1958
Mr. Justice Burton and Mr. Justice Clark dissent for the reasons set forth in the dissenting opinion in No. 331, decided this day.
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Opinion
JOINES v. UNITED STATES.
No. 387.
Decided June 30, 1958.
Judson E. Ruch and R. Palmer Ingram for petitioner.
Solicitor General Rankin, Warren Olney, III, then Assistant Attorney General, and Beatrice Rosenberg for the United States.
[MAJORITY — Per Curiam.]
Per Curiam.
The petition for writ of certiorari is granted. The judgment of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit is vacated and the case is remanded for consideration in light of No. 331, Jones v. United States, ante, p. 493, decided this day.
Mr. Justice Burton and Mr. Justice Clark dissent for the reasons set forth in the dissenting opinion in No. 331, decided this day.