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Legal Citation: 383 U.S. 541 (1966)

Petitioner
Morris A. Kent, Jr.

Respondent
United States

Petitioner's Claim
That the juvenile court order that sent Kent's case to trial in regular criminal court was invalid.

Chief Lawyers for Petitioner
Myron G. Ehrlich, Richard Arens

Chief Lawyer for Respondent
Theodore George Gilinsky

Justices for the Court
William J. Brennan, Jr., Tom C. Clark, William O. Douglas, Abe Fortas (writing for the Court), Earl Warren

Justices Dissenting
Hugo Lafayette Black, John Marshall Harlan II, Potter Stewart, Byron R. White

Place
Washington, D.C.

Date of Decision
21 March 1966

Decision
That the waiver was indeed invalid, and the case was sent back to district court for a rehearing on its validity.

Significance
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