Montgomery v. Burns

• Decision Date: 05 May 1969
• Docket Number: No. 438,438
• Parties: John MONTGOMERY, Director, California Department of Social Welfare, et al. v. Fannie Mae Burns et al
• Court: U.S. Supreme Court

394 U.S. 848

89 S.Ct. 1623

23 L.Ed.2d 31

John MONTGOMERY, Director, California Department of Social Welfare, et al.

v. Fannie Mae Burns et al.

No. 438.

Supreme Court of the United States

May 5, 1969

Thomas C. Lynch, Atty. Gen. of California, and Elizabeth Palmer and Donald B. Day, Deputy Attys. Gen., for appellants.

PER CURIAM.

The motion of appellees for leave to proceed in forma paupris is granted. The motion to affirm is granted and the judgment is affirmed.

Mr. Justice BLACK dissents for the reasons given in the dissenting opinion of The Chief Justice in Shapior v. Thompson, 394 U.S. 618, 89 S.Ct. 1322, 22 L.Ed.2d 600.

Mr. Justice HARLAN dissents for the reasons given in his dissenting opinion in Shapiro v. Thompson, 394 U.S. 655, 89 S.Ct. 1342.