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Walker v. Georgia
Opinion of the Court
927539Walker v. Georgia — Opinion of the Court

United States Supreme Court

381 U.S. 355

Walker  v.  Georgia


The petition for writ of certiorari is granted and the judgment is reversed. Hamm v. City of Rock Hill and Lupper v. State of Arkansas, 379 U.S. 306, 85 S.Ct. 384, 13 L.Ed.2d 300.

Mr. Justice STEWART would vacate the judgment and remand the case to the Supreme Court of Georgia for reconsideration in the light of supervening federal legislation, in accordance with the views expressed in his dissenting opinion in Hamm v. City of Rock Hill, 379 U.S. 306, 326, 85 S.Ct. 384, 396, 13 L.Ed.2d 300.

Mr. Justice BLACK, Mr. Justice HARLAN, and Mr. Justice WHITE would affirm the judgment of the Supreme Court of Georgia for the reasons stated in thier dissenting opinions in Hamm v. City of Rock Hill, 379 U.S. 306, 318, 322, 327, 85 S.Ct. 384, 392, 394, 397, 13 L.Ed.2d 300.

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This work is in the public domain in the United States because it is a work of the United States federal government (see 17 U.S.C. 105).

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