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Supreme Court of the United States, 1969

Furman v. City of New York

Furman v. City of New York
Supreme Court of the United States · Decided October 13, 1969 · No. 142
396 U.S. 3; 90 S. Ct. 23 (United States Reports)

Counsel

Louis B. Scheinman for appellant., J. Lee Rankin, Stanley Buchsbaum, and Theodore R. Lee for appellees.

Furman v. City of New York

Opinion of the Court

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.

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