Legal Opinion
Walter S. Farley, Jr. v. Walter S. Farley, Jr.
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided June 25, 1973No. 71-1967PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
GIBBONS, Circuit Judge.
This appeal challenges a single-judge district court order dismissing, without convening a three-judge court, a complaint seeking injunctive and declaratory relief to invalidate on federal constitutional grounds certain Pennsylvania provisions governing the election of County Commissioners. 1
The inquiry of a single district court judge on an application for a three-judge district court is limited to determining whether a substantial federal question and a basis for equitable relief are alleged. Idlewild Bon Voyage Liquor Corp. v. Epstein, 370 U.S.…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Samuel Bailey v. Joe T. PattersonSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
- Ex Parte PoreskySupreme Court of the United States · 1933
- Idlewild Bon Voyage Liquor Corp. v. EpsteinSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
- Goosby v. OsserSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Levering & Garrigues Co. v. MorrinSupreme Court of the United States · 1933
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3Cited by28 opinions
- San Diego Unified Port District, and Air Transport Association of America, Intervening v. Adriana GianturcoCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1981
- Threadgill v. Armstrong World Industries, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1991
- Baksalary v. SmithDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1984
- ATSI Communications, Inc. v. Shaar Fund, Ltd.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2008
- Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Pan American World AirwaysDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1984
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