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
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- 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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