United States ex rel. Lynn v. Downer

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United States ex rel. Lynn v. Downer

322 U.S. 756, 64 S. Ct. 1263

CourtSupreme Court of the United States

DecidedMay 29, 1944

DocketNo. 941

StatusPublished

Cited by8 cases

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United States ex rel. Lynn v. Downer, 322 U.S. 756, 64 S. Ct. 1263 (1944).

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Petition for writ of certiorari to the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Sec[757]*757ond Circuit denied on the ground that the case is moot, it appearing that petitioner no longer is in respondent’s custody, United States ex rel. Innes v. Crystal, 319 U. S. 755, and cases cited.

Messrs. Arthur Garfield Hays and Gerald Weatherly for petitioner. Solicitor General Fahy, Assistant Attorney General Tom C. Clark, and Messrs. Chester T. Lane and Edward G. Jennings for respondent. Messrs. William H. Hastie, Thurgood Marshall, and Leon A. Rarnorn filed a brief on behalf of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, as amicus curiae, in support of petitioner.

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Petition for writ of certiorari to the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Sec[757]*757ond Circuit denied on the ground that the case is moot, it appearing that petitioner no longer is in respondent’s custody, United States ex rel. Innes v. Crystal, 319 U. S. 755, and cases cited.

Messrs. Arthur Garfield Hays and Gerald Weatherly for petitioner. Solicitor General Fahy, Assistant Attorney General Tom C. Clark, and Messrs. Chester T. Lane and Edward G. Jennings for respondent. Messrs. William H. Hastie, Thurgood Marshall, and Leon A. Rarnorn filed a brief on behalf of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, as amicus curiae, in support of petitioner.

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