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Eaton et al. v. Board of Managers of the James Walker Memorial Hospital et al., 1959 — 359 U.S. 984 · caselaw · US
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Eaton et al. v. Board of Managers of the James Walker Memorial Hospital et al.
359 U.S. 984·Supreme Court of the United States·1959
The Chief Justice, Mr. Justice Douglas, and Mr. Justice Brennan are of the opinion that certiorari should be granted.
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Opinion
No. 789.
Eaton et al. v. Board of Managers of the James Walker Memorial Hospital et al.
Thurgood Marshall, Jack Greenberg and Conrad O. Pearson for petitioners.
Louis J. Poisson, Jr. foF the James Walker Memorial Hospital, and I. Beverly Lake and James B. Swails for the City of Wilmington, N. C., et al., respondents.
[MAJORITY]
C. A. 4th Cir. Certiorari denied.
The Chief Justice, Mr. Justice Douglas, and Mr. Justice Brennan are of the opinion that certiorari should be granted.