Legal Opinion

In Re Sawyer

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided June 29, 1959No. 326Published

1Opinion of the Court

360 U.S. 622 (1959)

IN RE SAWYER.

No. 326.

Supreme Court of United States.

Argued May 19-20, 1959.

Decided June 29, 1959.

CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT.

John T. McTernan argued the cause and filed a brief for petitioner.

A. William Barlow, attorney for the Bar Association of Hawaii, argued the cause for respondent. With him on the brief was Morio Omori, Special Deputy Attorney General of the Territory of Hawaii.

Joseph A. Forer filed a brief for the National Lawyers Guild, as amicus curiae, urging reversal.

2Judgment of the CourtJustice Brennan

This case is here on writ of certiorari, 358 U. S. 892,…

Also in this document: Concurrence · Black; Concurrence · Stewart; Dissent.

3Cases cited26 opinions

  1. Bradley v. FisherSupreme Court of the United States · 1872
  2. Krulewitch v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
  3. Yates v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
  4. Dennis v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1951
  5. Bridges v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1941

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