Supreme Court of the United States, 1963

Fields v. South Carolina

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided March 18, 1963 · Carolina, Clark, Edwards, South

372 U.S. 522; 83 S. Ct. 887; 9 L. Ed. 2d 965; 1963 U.S. LEXIS 1950 (United States Reports)

Counsel

Jack Greenberg, Constance Baker Motley, Matthew J. Perry and Lincoln C. Jenkins, Jr. for petitioners., Daniel B. McLeod, Attorney General of South Carolina, Everett N. Brandon, Assistant Attorney General, and Julian S. Wolfe for respondent.

Cases that cite this one

9 later published cases cite this decision.

W. G. Anderson v. City of Albany (5th Cir. 1963)
Congress of Racial Equality v. Douglas (5th Cir. 1963)
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People v. Allen Thompson, Mayor of the City of Jackson, Mississippi (5th Cir. 1963)
Congress of Racial Equality v. Douglas (5th Cir. 1963)
Austin Congress Corp. v. Mannina (Ill. App. Ct. 1964)
People v. Turner (Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York 1965)
People v. Penn (Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York 1964)
City of Rock Hill v. Henry (S.C. 1963)
State v. FIELDS (S.C. 1963)

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Opinion

Per Curiam.

The petition for writ of certiorari is granted. The judgment of the Supreme Court of South Carolina is vacated and the case is remanded for consideration in light of Edwards v. South Carolina, 372 U. S. 229.

Mr. Justice Clark dissents for the reasons expressed in his dissenting opinion in Edwards v. South Carolina, supra.

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