THOMAS v. COLLINS

No. 14.

323 U.S. 516 (1945)

THOMAS v. COLLINS, SHERIFF.

Supreme Court of United States.

Reargued October 11, 1944.

Decided January 8, 1945.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Messrs. Lee Pressman and Ernest Goodman, with whom Mr. Eugene Cotton was on the brief, on the original argument, and Mr. Lee Pressman, with whom Mr. Ernest Goodman was on the brief, on the reargument, for appellant.

Mr. Fagan Dickson, Assistant Attorney General of Texas, with whom Mr. Grover Sellers, Attorney General, was on the brief, for appellee.

By special leave of Court, on the reargument, Mr. Alvin J. Rockwell, with whom Solicitor General Fahy and Miss Ruth Weyand were on the brief, for the United States, as amicus curiae, contending that the provisions of the state law are inconsistent with the National Labor Relations Act.

Briefs were filed by Mr. Nathan Witt on behalf of the National Federation for Constitutional Liberties, and by Messrs. Arthur Garfield Hays and Paul O'Dwyer on behalf of the American Civil Liberties Union, as amici curiae, urging reversal.


MR. JUSTICE RUTLEDGE delivered the opinion of the Court.

The appeal is from a decision of the Supreme Court of Texas which denied appellant's petition for a writ of habeas corpus and remanded him to the custody of appellee, as sheriff of Travis County. 141 Tex. 591, 174 S.W.2d 958. In so deciding the court upheld, as against constitutional and other objections, appellant's commitment for contempt for violating a temporary...

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