¶1Sup. Ct. Ill. (Certiorari granted, 389 U. S. 1035); and
¶2Sup. Ct. N. C. (Certiorari granted, 389 U. S. 1034.) Motion of F. Lee Bailey for leave to file a brief, as amicus curiae, granted.
390 U.S. 986
Witherspoon v. Illinois
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided March 18, 1968
Supreme Court of the United States · decided 1968-03-18
Relies on Witherspoon v. Illinois · American Commercial Lines, Inc. v. Louisville & Nashville Railroad
Good law ✅— No negative treatment on recordhow we know
Decided 1968-03-18
How this case has been cited
Cited by 355 later decisions (3 by the Supreme Court) — most recently April 2007 · most notably Godinez v. Moran (1993), United States v. Tramunti (1975)
163 federal appellate · 24 district · 51 state decisions — followed in 15 states
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