Supreme Court of the United States, 1956

Heisey v. County of Alameda

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided December 3, 1956 · No. 473 · Black, Consideration, Frankfurter, Took

352 U.S. 921; 77 S. Ct. 224; 1 L. Ed. 2d 157; 1956 U.S. LEXIS 71 (United States Reports)

Counsel

Henry C. Clausen for appellant. Edmund G. Brown, Attorney General of California, Clarence A. Linn, Assistant Attorney General, and J. F. Coakley for Alameda County et al., and Andrew F. Burke for the Roman Catholic Welfare Corporation of San Francisco, appellees.

Opinion of the Court

Per Curiam:

The appeal is dismissed for want of a substantial federal question.

Mr. Justice Black and Mr. Justice Frankfurter dissent. The Chief Justice took no part in the consideration or decision of this case.

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