Case Name: Chewning v. Smyth, Penitentiary Superintendent
Court: Supreme Court of the United States
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1961-03-06
Citations: 365 U.S. 832
Docket Number: No. 276
Parties: Chewning v. Smyth, Penitentiary Superintendent.
Judges: 
Reporter: United States Reports
Volume: 365
Pages: 832–832

Head Matter:
No. 276,
Misc.
Chewning v. Smyth, Penitentiary Superintendent.
Petitioner pro se.
Reno S. Harp III, Assistant Attorney General of Virginia, for respondent.

Opinion:
Motion to substitute W. K. Cunningham, Jr. in place of W. Frank Smyth, Jr. as the party respondent granted. Motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis and petition for writ of certiorari to the Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia granted. Case transferred to the appellate docket.