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Dombrowski v. Pfister

377 U.S. 976 Court SCOTUS Decision date 1964-06-15 Docket No. 941 English

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

Delivered by Majority

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p. 976
No. 941.
Dombrowski et al. v. Pfister, Chairman, Joint Legislative Committee on Un-American Activities of the Louisiana Legislature, et al.
Arthur Kinoy, William M. Kunstler, Michael J. Kunstler, A. P. Tureaud and Leon Hubert for appellants.
Jack N. Rogers and Robert H. Reiter for the Joint Legislative Committee on Un-American Activities. Ernest Goodman and David Rein for National Lawyers Guild, as amicus curiae, in support of appellants.
Louis Lusky and Melvin L. Wulf for American Civil Liberties Union et al., as amici curiae, in support of appellants. Jack P. F. Gremillion, Attorney General of Louisiana, and M. E. Culligan and John E. Jackson, Jr., Assistant Attorneys General, filed an objection and opposition to the motion of National Lawyers Guild.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana. The motion of the National Lawyers Guild for leave to file a brief, as amicus curiae, is granted. The motion of the American Civil Liberties Union et al. for leave to file a brief, as amici curiae, is granted. Probable jurisdiction noted.

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