Woody v. United States

Decision Date23 March 1959
Docket NumberNo. 135,135
PartiesBilly G. WOODY, petitioner, v. UNITED STATES
CourtU.S. Supreme Court

Mr. Clarence O. Woolsey, for petitioner.

Beatrice Rosenberg (Solicitor General Rankin, Assistant Attorney General Anderson and Mr. Robert G. Maysack, on the brief), for the United States.

Certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.

PER CURIAM.

The Judgment is affirmed by an equally divided Court.

Mr. Justice STEWART took no part in the consideration or decision of this case.

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