Barlow v. Texas

Supreme Court of the United States

February 13, 1967

Supreme Court of the United States · decided 1967-02-13

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Petition denied / appeal dismissed · 6–3 · Opinion by Per Curiam · Decided 1967-02-13

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Cited by 9 later decisions (2 by the Supreme Court) — most recently February 2018

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Alto B. Cervin, for appellant.

Waggoner Carr, Atty. Gen. of Texas, Hawthorne Phillips, First Asst. Atty. Gen., T. B. Wright, Executive Asst. Atty. Gen., and Howard M. Fender and Charles B. Swanner, Asst. Attys. Gen., for appellee.

PER CURIAM.

¶1

The motion to dismiss is granted and the appeal is dismissed.

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THE CHIEF JUSTICE, Mr., Justice DOUGLAS, and Mr. Justice FORTAS would reverse the judgment of the court below for the reasons stated in the opinion of The Chief Justice in Spencer v. State of Texas, 385 U.S. 554, 569, 87 S.Ct. 648, 656.