EDWARDS v. CALIFORNIA

No. 17.

314 U.S. 160 (1941)

EDWARDS v. CALIFORNIA.

Supreme Court of United States.

Reargued October 21, 1941.

Decided November 24, 1941.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Samuel Slaff for the appellant.

Mr. Charles A. Wetmore, Jr. submitted on the original argument for appellee.

Mr. W.T. Sweigert, Assistant Attorney General of California, with whom Messrs. Earl Warren, Attorney General, and Hiram W. Johnson, 3rd, Deputy Attorney General, were on the brief, on the reargument, for appellee.


MR. JUSTICE BYRNES delivered the opinion of the Court.

The facts of this case are simple and are not disputed Appellant is a citizen of the United States and a resident of California. In December, 1939, he left his home in Marysville, California, for Spur, Texas, with the intention of bringing back to Marysville his wife's brother, Frank Duncan, a citizen of the United States and a resident of Texas.

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