Supreme Court of the United States, 1960

Thomas v. Virginia

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided November 21, 1960 · Per Curiam

364 U.S. 443; 81 S. Ct. 229; 5 L. Ed. 2d 192; 1960 U.S. LEXIS 143 (United States Reports)

Counsel

Cornelius H. Doherty argued the cause and filed a brief for petitioner., R. D. Mcllwaine III, Assistant Attorney General of Virginia, argued the cause for respondent. With him on the briefs were A. S. Harrison, Jr., Attorney General, and John W. Knowles, Assistant Attorney General.

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Central Railroad v. Pennsylvania (Supreme Court of the United States 1962)

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Opinion

Per Curiam.

The judgment of the Circuit Court of Arlington County of the Commonwealth of Virginia is reversed and the case is remanded to that court. Blodgett v. Silberman, 277 U. S. 1, 18.

Mr. Justice Black dissents for the same reason expressed by Mr. Justice Holmes in Union Transit Co. v. Kentucky, 199 U. S. 194, 211:

“It seems to me that the result reached by the Court probably is a desirable one, but I hardly understand how it can be deduced from the Fourteenth Amendment . . . .”

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