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

392 U.S. 647

88 S.Ct. 2277

20 L.Ed.2d 1344

Jack LOPINSON

v PENNSYLVANIA.

No. 1133, October Term, 1967.

John J. COYLE

v PENNSYLVANIA.

No. 1095, Misc., October Term, 1967.

On Petitions for Writs of Certiorari to the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Robert Leroy PRUETT

v OHIO.

No. 1700, Misc., October Term, 1967.

On Petition for Writ of Certiorari to the Supreme Court of Ohio.

Lester J. Schaffer, for petitioner Jack Lopinson.

Howard M. Nazor and Gordon L. Nazor for petitioner Robert Leroy Pruett.

Michael J. Rotko and Arlen Specter, for respondent Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in No. 1133.

Michael J. Rotko, William H. Wolf, Jr., and

Arlen Specter, for respondent Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in No. 1095, Misc.

Joseph E. Mahoney, for respondent State of Ohio.

June 17, 1968.

PER CURIAM.

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.

Mr. Justice BLACK, dissenting.

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...