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HANSBERRY v. LEE

No. 29.

311 U.S. 32 (1940)

61 S.Ct 115

85 L.Ed. 22

HANSBERRY ET AL. v. LEE ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided November 12, 1940.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Earl B. Dickerson, with whom Messrs. Truman K. Gibson, Jr., C. Francis Stradford, Loring B. Moore, and Irvin C. Mollison were on the brief, for petitioners.

Mr. McKenzie Shannon, with whom Messrs. Angus Roy Shannon, William C. Graves, and Preston B. Kavanagh were on the brief, for respondents.

MR. JUSTICE STONE delivered the opinion of the Court.

The question is whether the Supreme Court of Illinois, by its adjudication that petitioners in this case are bound by a judgment rendered in an earlier litigation to which they were not parties, has deprived them of the due process of law guaranteed by the Fourteenth Amendment.

Respondents brought this suit in the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois, to enjoin...

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