Tralins v. Gerstein

Supreme Court of the United States

June 22, 1964

Supreme Court of the United States · decided June 22, 1964

Relies on Murphy v. Waterfront Commission of New York Harbor · Jacobellis v. Ohio · Swann v. Adams

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Reversed · 5–4 · Opinion by Per Curiam · Decided June 22, 1964

How this case has been cited

Cited by 47 later decisions (8 by the Supreme Court) — most recently April 1995 · most notably Parden v. Terminal Railway of Alabama State Docks Department (1964), Ginzburg v. United States (1966)

14 federal appellate · 2 district · 18 state decisions

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Richard Yale Feder and Howard W. Dixon, for petitioner.

Richard W. Ervin, Atty. Gen. of Florida, Herbert P. Benn and Leonard R. Mellon, Asst. Attys. Gen., and Glenn C. Mincer, for respondent.

On Petition for Writ of Certiorari to the District Court of Appeal of Florida.

PER CURIAM.

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The petition for a writ of certiorari is granted, and the judgment is reversed. Mr. Justice BLACK and Mr. Justice DOUGLAS would reverse for the reasons stated in the opinion of Mr. Justice Black in Jacobellis v. Ohio, 378 U.S. 96, 84 S.Ct. 1682. Mr. Justice BRENNAN and Mr. Justice GOLDBERG would reverse for the reasons stated in the opinion of Mr. Justice Brennan in Jacobellis, 378 U.S. 184, 84 S.Ct. 1677. Mr. Justice STEWART would reverse for the reasons stated in his opinion in Jacobellis, 378 U.S. 197, 84 S.Ct. 1683. THE CHIEF JUSTICE, Mr. Justice CLARK, Mr. Justice HARLAN, and Mr. Justice WHITE are of the opinion that certiorari should be denied.