Clay v. United States
| Decision Date | 21 October 1974 |
| Docket Number | No. 73-6623,73-6623 |
| Citation | 419 U.S. 937,95 S.Ct. 207,42 L.Ed.2d 164 |
| Parties | Edwin CLAY and Arthur John Sweeney, Jr., petitioners, v. UNITED STATES |
| Court | U.S. Supreme Court |
Petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit.
Denied.
Mr. Justice STEWART would grant certiorari.
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