Legal Opinion
Bykofsky v. Borough of Middletown
District Court, M.D. Pennsylvania
Decided August 22, 1975No. Civ. 75-74PublishedCited by 77 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SHERIDAN, Chief Judge.
This is the first federal case to adjudicate the constitutionality of a nocturnal juvenile curfew ordinance. Despite the widespread prevalence of juvenile curfew ordinances, there is a surprising paucity of legal authority dealing with the validity of such enactments, there being no federal cases and relatively few state cases. 1
Plaintiff, Jo-Ann Bykofsky, on her own behalf and on the behalf of her son, a twelve year old minor, Shaw Bykofsky, as his guardian, brought this action under the Civil Rights Act, 42 U.S.C.A. § 1983, and the Federal Declaratory Judgment Act, 28…
2Cases cited115 opinions
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- Griswold v. ConnecticutSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
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3Cited by77 opinions
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