Lampton v. Bonin

Supreme Court of the United States

April 27, 1970

Rehearing Denied June 1, 1970.

Supreme Court of the United States · decided Rehearing Denied June 1, 1970.

Cited by 54 later decisions (6 by the Supreme Court) — most recently June 1989 · most notably Jefferson v. Hackney (1972), 145 Ill. App. 3d 391 - People v. Stachelek (1986)

37 state decisions

Relies on Rosado v. Wyman · Lampton v. Bonin

Good law ✅— No negative treatment on recordhow we know

Vacated and remanded · 6–2 · Opinion by Per Curiam · Decided Rehearing Denied June 1, 1970.

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See 398 U.S. 945, 90 S.Ct. 1849.

Jeffrey B. Schwartz and Richard S. Buckley, for appellants.

Jack P. F. Gremillion, Atty. Gen. of Louisiana, and William P. Schuler and Dorothy D. Wolbrette, Asst. Attys. Gen., for appellees.

PER CURIAM.

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The motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis is granted and the judgment of the United States District Court is vacated. The case is remanded to that court for further consideration in light of Rosado v. Wyman, 397 U.S. 397, 90 S.Ct. 1207, 25 L.Ed.2d 442.

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THE CHIEF JUSTICE and Mr. Justice BLACK dissent for the reasons set forth in Mr. Justice Black's dissenting opinion in Rosado v. Wyman, 397 U.S. 430, 90 S.Ct. 1227, 35 L.Ed.2d 465.