373 US 375 Avent v. State of North Carolina

373 U.S. 375

83 S.Ct. 1311

10 L.Ed.2d 420

John Thomas AVENT et al., petitioners,
v.
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA.

No. 11.

Supreme Court of the United States

October Term, 1962.

May 20, 1963

Jack Greenberg, New York City, for petitioners.

Ralph Moody, Raleigh, N. C., for respondent.

Solicitor General Archibald Cox, for the United States, as amicus curiae, by special leave of Court.

On Writ of Certiorari to the Supreme Court of the State of North Carolina.

PER CURIAM.

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The judgment is vacated and the case is remanded to the Supreme Court of North Carolina for consideration in the light of Peterson v. City of Greenville, 373 U.S. 244, 83 S.Ct. 1119. Patterson v. Alabama, 294 U.S. 600, 55 S.Ct. 575, 79 L.Ed. 1082.

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[For opinion of MR. JUSTICE HARLAN, see 373 U.S. 248, 83 S.Ct. 1133.]