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Spence v. North Carolina

392 U.S. 649 Court SCOTUS Decision date 1968-06-17 Docket No. 759 English

Judges Mr. Justice Black and Mr. Justice Harlan dissent, for reasons stated in Mr. Justice Black's dissenting opinion in Witherspoon v. Illinois, 391 U. S. 510, 532.; Mr. Justice White dissents for the reasons stated in his dissenting opinion in Witherspoon v. Illinois, 391 U. S. 510, 540.

Delivered by Per Curiam.

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SPENCE et al. v. NORTH CAROLINA.
No. 759,
Misc.
Decided June 17, 1968.[1]
Sam, Houston Clinton, Jr., for petitioner in No. 1311, Mise.
T. W. Bruton, Attorney General of North Carolina, and Harry W. McCalliard, Deputy Attorney General, for respondent in No. 759, Mise. Crawford C. Martin, Attorney General of Texas, Nola White, First Assistant Attorney General, Hawthorne Phillips and Lonny F. Zwiener, Assistant Attorneys General, and A. J. Ca-rubbi, Jr., for respondent in No. 1311, Mise. Mr. Martin, Miss White, and Robert C. Flowers, Douglas H. Chilton, and Mr. Zwiener, Assistant Attorneys General, for respondent in No. 1823, Mise.

The motions for leave to proceed in forma pauperis and the petitions for writs of certiorari are granted. The

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judgments of the courts below are vacated and the cases remanded for reconsideration in the light of Witherspoon v. Illinois, 391 U. S. 510 .

Mr. Justice Black and Mr. Justice Harlan dissent, for reasons stated in Mr. Justice Black's dissenting opinion in Witherspoon v. Illinois, 391 U. S. 510 , 532.

Mr. Justice White dissents for the reasons stated in his dissenting opinion in Witherspoon v. Illinois, 391 U. S. 510 , 540.

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