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WILSON v. LOEW'S INC.

No. 33.

355 U.S. 597 (1958)

WILSON ET AL. v. LOEW'S INCORPORATED ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 3, 1958.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert W. Kenny and Ben Margolis argued the cause for petitioners. With them on the brief was Samuel Rosenwein.

Irving M. Walker and Herman F. Selvin argued the cause and filed a brief for Loew's Incorporated et al., respondents.

Guy Richards Crump and Henry W. Low submitted on brief for Doyle et al., respondents.

Edward J. Ennis and A. L. Wirin filed a brief for the American Civil Liberties Union, as amicus curiae, urging reversal.

PER CURIAM.

The writ is dismissed as improvidently granted because the judgment rests on an adequate state ground.

MR. JUSTICE DOUGLAS, dissenting.

By demurrer to petitioners' complaint, the respondents in this case admitted that they agreed with each other to exclude from employment all persons who refused, on the grounds of the Fifth Amendment, to answer questions concerning their political associations...

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