Supreme Court of the United States, 1968

Sims v. Cohen

Sims v. Cohen
Supreme Court of the United States · Decided June 10, 1968 · White, Cohen, Marshall
390 U.S. 746; 88 S. Ct. 1443; 20 L. Ed. 2d 276; 1968 U.S. LEXIS 1819 (United States Reports)

Counsel

H. H. Gearinger for petitioner., Solicitor, General Marshall for respondent., Israel Steingold for the American Trial Lawyers Association, as amicus curiae, in support of the petition.

Sims v. Cohen

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Opinion

Per Curiam.

The motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis and the petition for a writ of certiorari are granted. The judgment is reversed. Hopkins v. Cohen, ante, p. 530.

The Chief Justice and Mr. Justice White dissent for the reasons stated in the dissenting opinion of Mr. Justice White in Hopkins v. Cohen, ante, p. 535. Mr. Justice Marshall took no part in the consideration or decision of this case.

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