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UNITED STATES v. COTTON

No. 1022.

397 U.S. 45 (1970)

UNITED STATES v. COTTON ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided February 24, 1970

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Solicitor General Griswold, Assistant Attorney General Wilson, Beatrice Rosenberg, and Mervyn Hamburg for the United States.

William M. Kunstler for appellees.

PER CURIAM.

The motion of the appellees for leave to proceed in forma pauperis is granted. The motion to dismiss is granted and the appeal is dismissed for failure to docket the case within the time prescribed by Rule 13.

MR. JUSTICE DOUGLAS, dissenting.

The requirement for filing the record in an appeal within the time prescribed by Rule 13 is not jurisdictional. Rather it is a provision of our own Rule which we often waive in the interests...

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