· 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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