Alabama v. United States

Decision Date22 October 1962
Docket NumberNo. 324,324
PartiesALABAMA et al. v. UNITED STATES
CourtU.S. Supreme Court

MacDonald Gallion, Atty. Gen. of Alabama, and Willard W. Livingston, Leslie Hall and Gordon Madison, Asst. Attys. Gen., for petitioners.

Solicitor General Cox, Assistant Attorney General Marshall, Harold H. Greene and David Rubin, for the United States.

On Petition for Writ of Certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.

PER CURIAM.

The petition for writ of certiorari is granted and the judgment is affirmed. United States v. Thomas, 362 U.S. 58, 80 S.Ct. 612, 4 L.Ed.2d 535.

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