Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States

Spence v. North Carolina

Spence v. N.C., 392 U.S. 649 (1968)

Type
Opinion
Court
Supreme Court of the United States
Jurisdiction
Federal
Date
1968-06-17
Topic
bankruptcy

Per Curiam. The motions for leave to proceed in forma pauperis and the petitions for writs of certiorari are granted. The *650 judgments of the courts below are vacated and the cases remanded for reconsideration in the light of Witherspoon v. Illinois, 391 U. S. 510.

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SPENCEv. NORTH CAROLINA,392 U.S. 649(1968)
SPENCE ET AL.v. NORTH CAROLINA.
ON PETITION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE SUPREME COURT OF NORTH CAROLINA.
No. 759, Misc.
Decided June 17, 1968.fn*
Certiorari granted; No. 759, Misc.,271 N.C. 23,155 S.E.2d 802; No. 1311, Misc.,419 S.W.2d 849; and No. 1823, Misc.,388 F.2d 409, vacated and remanded.
Sam Houston Clinton, Jr., for petitioner in No. 1311, Misc.T. W. Bruton, Attorney General of North Carolina, andHarry W. McGalliard, Deputy Attorney General, for respondent in No. 759, Misc.Crawford C. Martin, Attorney General of Texas,Nola White, First Assistant Attorney General,Hawthorne PhillipsandLonny F.Zwiener, Assistant Attorneys General, andA. J. Carubbi,Jr., for respondent in No. 1311, Misc.Mr. Martin,Miss White, andRobert C. Flowers, Douglas H. Chilton, andMr. Zwiener, Assistant Attorneys General, for respondent in No. 1823, Misc.
PER CURIAM.
The motions for leave to proceedin forma pauperisand the petitions for writs of certiorari are granted. ThePage 650judgments of the courts below are vacated and the cases remanded for reconsideration in the light ofWitherspoonv.Illinois,391 U.S. 510.

MR. JUSTICE BLACK and MR. JUSTICE HARLAN dissent for reasons stated in MR. JUSTICE BLACK's dissenting opinion inWitherspoonv.Illinois,391 U.S. 510,532.

MR. JUSTICE WHITE dissents for the reasons stated in his dissenting opinion inWitherspoonv.Illinois,391 U.S. 510,540.
  1. Page 649 Together with No. 1311, Misc.,Ellisonv.Texas,and No. 1823, Misc.,Jacksonv.Beto, Corrections Director,both on petitions for writs of certiorari. No. 1311, Misc., is to the Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas, and No. 1823, Misc., to the Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. ↩