369 U.S. 884
Docket No. 1123, Misc.
Supreme Court of the United States
May 21, 1962
Supreme Court of the United States · decided May 21, 1962
Relies on Watkins v. City of Wilson
Good law ✅— No negative treatment on recordhow we know
Decided May 21, 1962
Cited by 372 later decisions (6 by the Supreme Court) — most recently August 2010 · most notably Local No. 438 Construction & General Laborers' Union v. Curry (1963), Goldberg v. Meridor (1977)
210 federal appellate · 15 district · 33 state decisions — followed in 14 states
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Sidney Dickstein, David I. Shapiro, Lawrence Speiser and Melvin Wulf, for petitioner.
Solicitor General Cox, Assistant Attorney General Orrick, Alan S. Rosenthal and Sherman L. Cohn, for respondents.
Motion for leave to proced in forma pauperis and petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit granted. Case transferred to the appellate docket and placed on the summary calendar.