Tralins v. Gerstein
| Decision Date | 22 June 1964 |
| Docket Number | No. 246,246 |
| Citation | 12 L.Ed.2d 1033,378 U.S. 576,84 S.Ct. 1903 |
| Parties | S. Robert TRALINS v. Richard E. GERSTEIN |
| Court | U.S. Supreme Court |
Richard Yale Feder and Howard W. Dixon, for petitioner.
Richard W. Ervin, Atty. Gen. of Florida, Herbert P. Benn and Leonard R. Mellon, Asst. Attys. Gen., and Glenn C. Mincer, for respondent.
On Petition for Writ of Certiorari to the District Court of Appeal of Florida.
The petition for a writ of certiorari is granted, and the judgment is reversed. Mr. Justice BLACK and Mr. Justice DOUGLAS would reverse for the reasons stated in the opinion of Mr. Justice Black in Jacobellis v. Ohio, 378 U.S. 96, 84 S.Ct. 1682. Mr. Justice BRENNAN and Mr. Justice GOLDBERG would reverse for the reasons stated in the opinion of Mr. Justice Brennan in Jacobellis, 378 U.S. 184, 84 S.Ct. 1677. Mr. Justice STEWART would reverse for the reasons stated in his opinion in Jacobellis, 378 U.S. 197, 84 S.Ct. 1683. THE CHIEF JUSTICE, Mr. Justice CLARK, Mr. Justice HARLAN, and Mr. Justice WHITE are of the opinion that certiorari should be denied.
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