Legal Opinion
Wade v. Mayo
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided June 14, 1948No. 40Published
1Opinion of the Court 1
334 U.S. 672 (1948)
WADE
v.
MAYO, STATE PRISON CUSTODIAN.
No. 40.
Supreme Court of United States.
Submitted October 13, 1947.
Resubmitted March 9, 1948.
Decided June 14, 1948.
CERTIORARI TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT.
E.M. Baynes submitted on briefs for petitioner.
J. Tom Watson, Attorney General of Florida, and Sumter Leitner, Assistant Attorney General, submitted on briefs for respondent.
2Opinion of the Court · MurphyJustice Murphy
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