Legal Opinion
Solesbee v. Balkcom
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided March 27, 1950No. 77Published
1Opinion of the Court 1
339 U.S. 9 (1950)
SOLESBEE
v.
BALKCOM, WARDEN.
No. 77.
Supreme Court of United States.
Argued November 15, 1949.
Decided February 20, 1950.
APPEAL FROM THE SUPREME COURT OF GEORGIA.
Benjamin E. Pierce argued the cause and filed a brief for appellant.
Eugene Cook, Attorney General of Georgia, submitted on brief for appellee. With him on the brief were Claude Shaw, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, and J. R. Parham, Assistant Attorney General.
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