349 U.S. 948
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided June 6, 1955
Supreme Court of the United States · decided 1955-06-06
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Decided 1955-06-06
Cited by 34 later decisions — most recently July 2007 · most notably United States v. Liddy (1974), Reed v. Franke (1961)
20 federal appellate · 8 state decisions
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¶1On petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.
¶2The motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis and the petition for writ of certiorari are granted. The judgment of the Court of Appeals is vacated and the case is remanded to the Dis*949trict Court with directions to dismiss the petition for writ of habeas corpus upon the ground that the cause is moot.