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Legal Citation: 358 U.S. 217 (1958)

Petitioners
Paul Williams, Lorena Williams

Respondent
Hugh Lee

Petitioners' Claim
That the Supreme Court of Arizona had erred in claiming jurisdiction in a civil suit occurring on Navajo Indian reservation land.

Chief Lawyer for Petitioners
William W. Stevenson

Chief Lawyer for Respondent
Norman M. Littell

Justices for the Court
Hugo Lafayette Black (writing for the Court), William J. Brennan, Jr., Tom C. Clark, William O. Douglas, Felix Frankfurter, John Marshall Harlan II, Potter Stewart, Earl Warren, Charles Evans Whittaker

Justices Dissenting
None

Place
Washington, D.C.

Date of Decision
12 January 1958

Decision
In favor of the appellants, reversing the Supreme Court of Arizona decision.