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Head v. California

U.S.
Jun 17, 1963
374 U.S. 509 (1963)

Opinion

ON MOTION FOR LEAVE TO FILE PETITION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI.

No. 872, Misc.

Decided June 17, 1963.

Motion for leave to file petition for writ of certiorari denied; certiorari granted; judgment vacated; and case remanded.

Reported below: See 208 Cal.App.2d 360, 25 Cal.Rptr. 124.

Petitioner pro se.

Stanley Mosk, Attorney General of California, William E. James, Assistant Attorney General, and A. Wallace Tashima, Deputy Attorney General, for respondent.


The motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis is granted but the motion for leave to file petition for writ of certiorari is denied. Treating the papers submitted as a petition for writ of certiorari, certiorari is granted. The judgment is vacated and the case is remanded for further consideration in light of Douglas v. California, 372 U.S. 353.

MR. JUSTICE CLARK and MR. JUSTICE HARLAN dissent for the reasons stated in their dissenting opinions in Douglas v. California, 372 U.S., at 358, 360.


Summaries of

Head v. California

U.S.
Jun 17, 1963
374 U.S. 509 (1963)
Case details for

Head v. California

Case Details

Full title:HEAD v . CALIFORNIA

Court:U.S.

Date published: Jun 17, 1963

Citations

374 U.S. 509 (1963)
83 S. Ct. 1883

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