New Jersey v. Russo

Decision Date20 June 1966
Docket NumberNo. 834,834
PartiesNEW JERSEY et al. v. Anthony RUSSO et al. . Brendan T. Byrne, for petitioners. Raymond A. Brown and Irving I. Vogelman, for respondent Russo. Respondent Bisignano, pro se. Arthur J. Sills, Atty. Gen. of New Jersey, Alan B. Handler, First Asst. Atty. Gen., and Richard Newman and Max Spinrad, Deputy Attys. Gen., for the Attorney General of New Jersey, as amicus curiae. Arlen Specter and Joseph M. Smith, for the District Attorney of Philadelphia County, Pa., as amicus curiae
CourtU.S. Supreme Court

PER CURIAM.

The motion of respondent Frank Bisignano, for leave to proceed in forma pauperis is granted. The petition for a writ of certiorari is also granted and the judgment is vacated. The case is remanded to the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey for further proceedings in light of Johnson v. State of New Jersey, 384 U.S. 719, 86 S.Ct. 1772, 16 L.Ed.2d 882.

Mr. Justice DOUGLAS dissents for the reasons stated in the dissenting opinion in Johnson v. State of New Jersey, 384 U.S., at 736, 86 S.Ct., at 1782, 16 L.Ed.2d, at 894.

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