Edwards v. United States

Supreme Court of the United States

November 12, 1957

Supreme Court of the United States · decided 1957-11-12

Relies on Johnson v. United States · Farley v. United States · Times Film Corp. v. City of Chicago

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Opinion by Per Curiam · Decided 1957-11-12

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Cited by 38 later decisions (3 by the Supreme Court) — most recently March 1995 · most notably Coppedge v. United States (1962), United States v. Mendez-Rodriguez (1971)

27 federal appellate · 1 district · 7 state decisions

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Mr. John T. Miller, Jr., for petitioner.

Solicitor General Rankin, Assistant Attorney General Olney, Beatrice Rosenberg and Mr. J. F. Bishop, for the United States.

On petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.

PER CURIAM.

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The motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis and the petition for writ of certiorari are granted. The judgment of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit is vacated and the case is remanded to that court with instructions to afford the petitioner an opportunity to substantiate his allegations. Farley v. United States, 354 U.S. 521, 77 S.Ct. 1371, 1 L.Ed.2d 1529; Johnson v. United States, 352 U.S. 565, 77 S.Ct. 550, 1 L.Ed.2d 593.