# Amicus Curiae Brief — Thompson v. Oklahoma

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## Record

- **Collection:** Supreme Court brief
- **Document type:** Amicus Curiae Brief
- **Published:** January 1, 1988
- **Citation:** 487 U.S. 815

## Text

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WILLIAM WAYNE THOMPSON,
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STATE OF OKLAHOMA,

Respondent.

ON WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE COURT
OF CRIMINAL APPEALS OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA

BRIEF OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY
FOR ADOLESCENT PSYCHIATRY AND
THE AMERICAN ORTHOPSYCHIATRIC

ASSOCIATION AS AMICI CURIAE IN

SUPPORT OF PETITIONER

JosepH T. MCLAUGHLIN
Counsel of Record
Jeremy G. EPSTEIN
Henry WEISBURG
KENNETH A. FREELING
Rosert L. PEABopy
STEVEN M. Pincus
SHEARMAN & STERLING
53 Wall Street
New York, New York 10005
(212) 837-6000

Attorneys fér Amici Curiae —
May 15, 1987

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