Lopinson v. Pennsylvania
Decision Date | 01 October 1967 |
Docket Number | No. 1133,1133 |
Citation | 392 U.S. 647,88 S.Ct. 2277,20 L.Ed.2d 1344 |
Parties | Jack LOPINSON v. PENNSYLVANIA. , |
Court | U.S. Supreme Court |
The motions for leave to proceed in forma pauperis in No. 1095, Misc., and No. 1700, Misc., are granted and the petitions for writs of certiorari in all three cases are granted.Without reaching the petitioners' other claims, the judgments are vacated and the cases remanded for reconsideration in the light of Witherspoon v. State of Illinois, 391 U.S. 510, 88 S.Ct. 1770, 20 L.Ed.2d 776.
Mr. Justice HARLAN dissents for the reasons stated in Mr. Justice Black's dissenting opinion in Witherspoon v. State of Illinois, 391 U.S. 510, 532, 88 S.Ct. 1770, 1782, 20 L.Ed.2d 776.
Mr. Justice WHITE dissents for the reasons stated in his dissenting opinion in Witherspoon v. State of Illinois, 391 U.S. 510, 540, 88 S.Ct. 1770, 1786, 20 L.Ed.2d 776.
In all three of these casesthe Court remands to the state courts on one single constitutional claim of petitionerswithout reaching other constitutional claims raised by them.The result is that after the state courts rule on the single remand issue this Court will undoubtedly be called on to pass on the other issues...
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