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· 7/9/1970

Maryland Citizens for a Representative General Assembly v. Governor of Maryland

Citations

  • 429 F.2d 606
  • 1970 U.S. App. LEXIS 8246

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • “A declaratory judgment is not available as an academic exercise, and the coercive effect of one here would encounter all of the objections to injunctive relief.”
  • “A declaratory judgment is not available as an academic exercise, and the coercive effect of one here would encounter all of the objections to injunctive relief.”
  • “If it appears to the single district judge, therefore, that the complaint does not state a substantial claim for injunctive relief, he need not request the convening of a three-judge court.”
  • expressing concerns about potential instability from “reapportioning with undue frequency”

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Judges: Haynsworth, Winter, Craven

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