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394 U.S. 848

89 S. Ct. 1623

23 L. Ed. 2d 31

Docket No. 438.

Montgomery v. Burns

Supreme Court of the United States

May 5, 1969

Supreme Court of the United States · decided May 5, 1969

Relies on Shapiro v. Thompson · United States v. Louisiana

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Affirmed · 7–2 · Opinion by Per Curiam · Decided May 5, 1969

How this case has been cited

Cited by 28 later decisions (2 by the Supreme Court) — most recently March 1991 · most notably Harris v. Nelson (1969), Valeriano v. Bronson (1988)

8 federal appellate · 8 district · 5 state decisions

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Thomas C. Lynch, Atty. Gen. of California, and Elizabeth Palmer and Donald B. Day, Deputy Attys. Gen., for appellants.

PER CURIAM.

¶1

The motion of appellees for leave to proceed in forma paupris is granted. The motion to affirm is granted and the judgment is affirmed.

¶2

Mr. Justice BLACK dissents for the reasons given in the dissenting opinion of The Chief Justice in Shapior v. Thompson, 394 U.S. 618, 89 S.Ct. 1322, 22 L.Ed.2d 600.

¶3

Mr. Justice HARLAN dissents for the reasons given in his dissenting opinion in Shapiro v. Thompson, 394 U.S. 655, 89 S.Ct. 1342.

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