LAMPTON v. BONIN 397 U.S. 663 (1970)

United States Supreme Court

LAMPTON v. BONIN (1970)

No. 1112

Decided: April 27, 1970

Rehearing Denied June 1, 1970.

See 398 U.S. 945 .

Jeffrey B. Schwartz and Richard S. Buckley, for appellants.

Jack P. F. Gremillion, Atty. Gen. of Louisiana, and William P. Schuler and Dorothy D. Wolbrette, Asst. Attys. Gen., for appellees.

PER CURIAM.

The motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis is granted and the judgment of the United States District Court is vacated. The case is remanded to that court for further consideration in light of Rosado v. Wyman, 397 U.S. 397 .

THE CHIEF JUSTICE and Mr. Justice BLACK dissent for the reasons set forth in Mr. Justice Black's dissenting opinion in Rosado v. Wyman, 397 U.S. 430 .[ Lampton v. Bonin 397 U.S. 663 (1970) ]

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