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Supreme Court· 5/22/1967

Moody v. Flowers

Citations

  • 387 U.S. 97
  • 87 S. Ct. 1544
  • 18 L. Ed. 2d 643
  • 1967 U.S. LEXIS 1397

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding local ordinances are not state statutes within the meaning of 28 U.S.C. § 2281, requiring convening of a three-judge district court to enjoin a state statute
  • noting the “immediate severity of the regulations’ impact upon the plaintiffs”
  • “[A] three-judge court was improperly convened. Appeals should, therefore, have been taken to the respective Courts of Appeals, not to this Court.”
  • county enjoined from interfering with public housing by refusing building permits
  • improperly before a three-judge court

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Judges: Douglas

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