UNITED STATES REPORTS

VOLUME 400

CASES ADJUDGED

IN

THE SUPREME COURT

AT

OCTOBER TERM, 1970

(BEGINNING OF TERM)

OCTOBER 6, 1970, THROUGH FEBRUARY 3, 1971
TOGETHER WITH IN-VACATION DISMISSALS AND OPINIONS
OF INDIVIDUAL JUSTICES IN CHAMBERS

HENRY PUTZEL, jr LAW LIBRA

REPORTER OF DECISIONS

UNITED STATES

GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

WASHINGTON: 1971

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JUSTICES

OF THE

SUPREME COURT

DURING THE TIME OF THESE REPORTS

WARREN E. BURGER, CHIEF JUSTICE.

HUGO L. BLACK, ASSOCIATE JUSTICE.
WILLIAM O. DOUGLAS, ASSOCIATE JUSTICE.
JOHN M. HARLAN, ASSOCIATE JUSTICE.

WILLIAM J. BRENNAN, JR., ASSOCIATE JUSTICE.
POTTER STEWART, ASSOCIATE JUSTICE.

BYRON R. WHITE, ASSOCIATE JUSTICE.

THURGOOD MARSHALL, ASSOCIATE JUSTICE.
HARRY A. BLACKMUN, ASSOCIATE JUSTICE.

RETIRED

EARL WARREN, CHIEF JUSTICE.

STANLEY REED, ASSOCIATE JUSTICE.
TOM C. CLARK, ASSOCIATE JUSTICE.

OFFICERS OF THE COURT

JOHN N. MITCHELL, ATTORNEY GENERAL.
ERWIN N. GRISWOLD, SOLICITOR GENERAL.
E. ROBERT SEAVER, CLERK.

HENRY PUTZEL, jr., REPORTER OF DECISIONS.
T. PERRY LIPPITT, MARSHAL.

HENRY CHARLES HALLAM, JR., LIBRARIAN.

SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES

ALLOTMENT OF JUSTICES

It is ordered that the following allotment be made of the Chief Justice and Associate Justices of this Court among the circuits, pursuant to Title 28, United States Code, Section 42, and that such allotment be entered of record, viz.:

For the District of Columbia Circuit, WARREN E. BURGER, Chief Justice.

For the First Circuit, WILLIAM J. BRENNAN, JR., Associate Justice.

For the Second Circuit, JOHN M. HARLAN, Associate Justice.

For the Third Circuit, WILLIAM J. BRENNAN, JR., Associate Justice.

For the Fourth Circuit, WARREN E. BURGER, Chief Justice.

For the Fifth Circuit, HUGO L. BLACK, Associate Justice.

For the Sixth Circuit, POTTER STEWART, Associate Justice.

For the Seventh Circuit, THURGOOD MARSHALL, Associate Justice.

For the Eighth Circuit, HARRY A. BLACKMUN, Associate Justice.

For the Ninth Circuit, WILLIAM O. DOUGLAS, Associate Justice.

For the Tenth Circuit, BYRON R. WHITE, Associate Justice.

June 9, 1970.

(For next previous allotment, see 396 U. S., p. iv.)

TABLE OF CASES REPORTED

NOTE: All undesignated references herein to the United States Code are to the 1964 edition.

Cases reported before page 801 are those decided with opinions of the Court or decisions per curiam. Cases reported on page 801 et seq. are those in which orders were entered. Opinions reported on page 1201 et seq. are those written in chambers by individual Justices.

The "Misc." designation heretofore used, mostly in in forma pauperis cases, has been replaced by a new series, which begins with No. 5001.

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