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Reid v. Covert

350 U.S. 985 Court SCOTUS Decision date 1956-03-12 Docket No. 701 English

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p. 985
No. 701.
Reid, Superintendent, District of Columbia Jail, v. Covert.
Solicitor General Sobeloff, Assistant Attorney General Olney, Beatrice Rosenberg and Richard J. Blanchard for appellant. Frederick Bernays Wiener for appellee.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. Further consideration of the question of the jurisdiction of this Court in this case and of the motion to dismiss or affirm is postponed to the hearing of the case on the merits.