Fields v. South Carolina
| Decision Date | 18 March 1963 |
| Docket Number | No. 399,399 |
| Citation | 9 L.Ed.2d 965,83 S.Ct. 887,372 U.S. 522 |
| Parties | James FIELDS et al. v. SOUTH CAROLINA |
| Court | U.S. Supreme Court |
Jack Greenberg, Constance Baker Motley, Matthew J. Perry and Lincoln C. Jenkins, Jr., for petitioners.
Daniel R. McLeod, Atty. Gen. of South Carolina, Everett N. Brandon, Asst. Atty. Gen., and Julian S. Wolfe, for respondent.
On Petition for Writ of Certiorari to the Supreme Court of South Carolina.
The petition for writ of certiorari is granted. The judgment of the Supreme Court of South Carolina is vacated and the case is remanded for consideration in light of Edwards v. South Carolina, 372 U.S. 229, 83 S.Ct. 680.
Mr. Justice CLARK dissents for the reasons expressed in his dissenting opinion in Edwards v. South Carolina, supra.
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