Supreme Court of the United States, 1959

Smith v. United States

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided January 12, 1959 · Frankfurter

358 U.S. 281; 79 S. Ct. 322; 3 L. Ed. 2d 299; 1959 U.S. LEXIS 1663 (United States Reports)

Counsel

Petitioner pro se., Solicitor General Rankin, Assistant Attorney General Anderson, Beatrice Rosenberg and J. F. Bishop for the United States.

Cases that cite this one

11 later published cases cite this decision.

Daniel Smith, Jr. v. United States (D.C. Cir. 1960)
Chopping v. First National Bank of Lander (Wyo. 1966)
Coppedge v. United States (Supreme Court of the United States 1962)
United States v. Smith (District Court, District of Columbia 1959)
N. C. Monroe Construction Co. v. Coan (N.C. Ct. App. 1976)
Nunn v. Missouri Pacific Railroad Company (District Court, E.D. Missouri 1966)
State v. Dahlgren (Minn. 1961)
State v. Briegel (Minn. 1961)
Federal Power Commission v. Midwestern Gas Transmission Company (Supreme Court of the United States 1959)
State Ex Rel. Elkins v. County of Ramsey (Minn. 1959)
State v. Higgin (Minn. 1959)

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Opinion

Per Curiam.

The motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis and the petition for writ of certiorari are granted. The judgment of the Court of Appeals is vacated and the case is remanded to the District Court with directions to allow the appeal in forma pauperis. Ellis v. United States, 356 U. S. 674.

Mr. Justice Frankfurter took no part in the consideration or decision of this case.

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