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Affirmed.
Thomas C. Lynch, Attorney General of California, and Elizabeth Palmer and Donald B. Day, Deputy Attorneys General, for appellants.
PER CURIAM.
The motion of appellees for leave to proceed in forma pauperis is granted. The motion to affirm is granted and the judgment is affirmed.
MR. JUSTICE BLACK dissents for the reasons given in the dissenting opinion of THE CHIEF JUSTICE in Shapiro v. Thompson, ante, p. 644.
MR. JUSTICE HARLAN dissents for the reasons given in his dissenting opinion in Shapiro v. Thompson, ante, p. 655. [394 U.S. 848, 849]
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Citation: 394 U.S. 848
No. 438
Decided: May 05, 1969
Court: United States Supreme Court
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