Legal Opinion

Garner v. Louisiana

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided December 11, 1961No. 26Published

1Opinion of the Court 1

368 U.S. 157 (1961)

GARNER ET AL.

v.

LOUISIANA.

No. 26.

Supreme Court of United States.

Argued October 18-19, 1961.

Decided December 11, 1961.[*]

CERTIORARI TO THE SUPREME COURT OF LOUISIANA.

Jack Greenberg argued the cause for petitioners. With him on the briefs were A. P. Tureaud, Thurgood Marshall, William T. Coleman, James A. Nabrit III and Louis H. Pollak.

John F. Ward, Jr. argued the cause for respondent. With him on the briefs were Jack P. F. Gremillion, Attorney General of Louisiana, and N. Cleburn Dalton, Assistant Attorney General.

Briefs of amici curiae, urging reversal, were filed by…

Also in this document: Opinion of the Court · Warren; Concurring in the judgment · Frankfurter; Concurrence; Concurring in the judgment · Harlan.

2Cases cited85 opinions

  1. Monroe v. PapeSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
  2. Brown v. Board of EducationSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
  3. Cantwell v. ConnecticutSupreme Court of the United States · 1940
  4. Railroad Comm'n of Tex. v. Pullman Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1941
  5. National Ass'n for the Advancement of Colored People v. Alabama Ex Rel. PattersonSupreme Court of the United States · 1958

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