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Supreme Court of the United States, 1948

Amer v. Superior Court of California ex rel. County of Los Angeles

Amer v. Superior Court of California ex rel. County of Los Angeles
Supreme Court of the United States · Decided May 10, 1948 · Cases, Consideration, Jackson, Reed, Took
334 U.S. 813; 68 S. Ct. 1069; 92 L. Ed. 1744; 1948 U.S. LEXIS 2232 (United States Reports)

Amer v. Superior Court of California ex rel. County of Los Angeles

Opinion of the Court

Per Curiam:

The petition for writs of certiorari is granted. In each case the order denying a petition for writ of prohibition is vacated and the case is remanded to the Su*814preme Court of California in order to enable it to reconsider its ruling in the light of Shelley v. Kraemer and McGhee v. Sipes, 334 U. S. 1.

A. L. Wirin and Fred Okrand for petitioners. Harold L. Kennedy, Ray C. Eberhard and Elisabeth Eberhard Zeigler for respondent. Saburo Kido filed a brief for the Japanese American Citizens League, as amicus curiae, supporting the petition. Mr. Justice Reed, Mr. Justice Jackson, and Mr. Justice Rutledge took no part in the consideration or decision of these cases.

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