WHITLEY v. WILLIAMS

No. 1174.

392 U.S. 902 (1968)

WHITLEY ET AL. v. WILLIAMS, GOVERNOR OF MISSISSIPPI, ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

June 10, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Armand Derfner, Alvin J. Bronstein, and Richard B. Sobol for appellants. Joe T. Patterson, Attorney General of Mississippi, pro se, and William A. Allain and Will S. Wells, Assistant Attorneys General, for appellees. Solicitor General Griswold, Assistant Attorney General Pollak, Louis F. Claiborne, Francis X. Beytagh, Jr., and Nathan Lewin filed a memorandum for the United States, as amicus curiae, by invitation of the Court.


Further consideration of question of jurisdiction in this case postponed to hearing of the case on the merits. Case consolidated and a total of two hours allotted for...

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