Case: Powell et al. v. McCormack et al.
Abbreviation: Powell v. McCormack
Decision Date: 1967-05-29
Docket Number: No. 1386
Citation: 387 U.S. 933
Volume: 387
Reporter: United States Reports
Court: Supreme Court of the United States
Jurisdiction: United States
Parties: Powell et al. v. McCormack et al.
Judges: 
Pages: 933–933

Head Matter:
No. 1386.
Powell et al. v. McCormack et al.
Arthur Kinoy, William M. Kunstler, Jean Camper Hubert T. Delany, Herbert O. Reid, Sr., Frank D. Reeves and Henry R. Williams for petitioners. Bruce Bromley, John R. Hupper, Thomas D. Barr, Victor M. Earle III, Lloyd N. Cutler, John H. Pickering, Louis F. Oberdorfer, Max O. Truitt, Jr., and Timothy B. Dyk for respondents. Briefs of amici curiae, in support of the petition, were filed by Louis J. Lefkowitz, Attorney General of New York, pro se; J. Lee Rankin, Corporation Counsel of the City of New York, pro se; Ernest Angell, Osmond K. Fraenkel, Edward J. Ennis, Marvin M. Karpatkin, Lawrence Speiser and Joseph B. Robison for American Civil Liberties Union et al.; Floyd McKissick for Congress of Racial Equality; Frederick E. Samuel for Harlem Lawyers Association, Inc.; Revius Ortigue for National Bar Association; and Ralph Shapiro and David M. Freedman for New York City Chapter of National Lawyers Guild.

Opinion:
C. A. D. C. Cir. Motion for leave to file supplement to petition granted. Motion of American Civil Liberties Union et al. for leave to file a brief, as amici curiae, granted. Motion of Congress for Racial Equality for leave to file a brief, as amicus curiae, granted. Motion of Harlem Lawyers Association, Inc., for leave to file a brief, as amicus curiae, granted. Motion of National Bar Association for leave to file a brief, as amicus curiae, granted. Motion of New York City Chapter of National Lawyers Guild for leave to file a brief, as amicus curiae, granted. Certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, prior to the judgment, denied.