BURTON v. SILLS

Decision Date28 April 1969
CourtU.S. Supreme Court
394 U.S. 812

APPEAL FROM THE SUPREME COURT OF NEW JERSEY.

No. 1158.

Decided April 28, 1969.

53 N. J. 86, 248 A. 2d 521, appeal dismissed.

William E. Ozzard for appellants.

Arthur J. Sills, Attorney General of New Jersey, pro se, Marilyn Loftus Schauer, Acting First Assistant Attorney General, and Stephen Skillman, Deputy Attorney General, for appellees.

PER CURIAM.

The motion to dismiss is granted and the appeal is dismissed for want of a substantial federal question.

MR. JUSTICE BRENNAN took no part in the consideration or decision of this case.

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