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Argued December 6, 1966.
Decided May 15, 1967.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Norman Dorsen argued the cause for appellants. With him on the brief were Melvin L. Wulf, Amelia D. Lewis and Daniel A. Rezneck.
Frank A. Parks, Assistant Attorney General of Arizona, argued the cause for appellee, pro hac vice, by special leave of Court. With him on the brief was Darrell F. Smith, Attorney General.
Merritt W. Green argued the cause for the Ohio Association of Juvenile Court Judges, as amicus curiae, urging affirmance. With him on the brief was Leo G. Chimo.
The Kansas Association of Probate and Juvenile Judges joined the appellee's brief and the brief of the Ohio Association of Juvenile Court Judges.
Briefs of amici curiae, urging reversal, were filed by L. Michael Getty, James J. Doherty and Marshall J. Hartman for the National Legal Aid and Defender Association, and by Edward Q. Carr, Jr., and Nanette Dembitz for the Legal Aid Society and Citizens' Committee for Children of New York, Inc.
Nicholas N. Kittrie filed a brief for the American Parents Committee, as amicus curiae.
Supreme Court of United States.
MR. JUSTICE FORTAS delivered the opinion of the Court.
This is an appeal under 28 U. S. C. § 1257 (2) from a judgment of the Supreme Court of Arizona affirming the dismissal of a petition for a writ of habeas corpus. 99 Ariz. 181, 407 P.2d 760 (1965). The petition sought the release of Gerald Francis Gault, appellants' 15-year-old son, who had been committed...
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