Supreme Court of the United States, 1968

Reed v. Mississippi

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided March 18, 1968 · Douglas

390 U.S. 413; 88 S. Ct. 1113; 19 L. Ed. 2d 1273; 1968 U.S. LEXIS 2174 (United States Reports)

Opinion

Per Curiam.

The motion to dismiss is granted and the appeal is dismissed for want of jurisdiction. Treating the papers whereon the appeal was taken as a petition for a writ of certiorari, certiorari is denied.

Mr. Justice Douglas is of the opinion that the papers should be treated as a petition for a writ of certiorari and that certiorari be granted.

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