Legal Opinion
Smalls v. Ives
District Court, D. Connecticut
Decided November 8, 1968No. Civ. No. 12609PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OF DECISION
BLUMENFELD, District Judge.
Plaintiff brings this suit to challenge the constitutionality of Conn.Gen.Stats. § 48-23 because on its face it allows the state to be put into possession of condemned property (1) without requiring prior notice and a hearing for occupants on the land and (2) without requiring that the state first provide suitable relocation housing.1 Jurisdiction is baséd *450on 28 U.S.C. § 1343(3), (4). A three-judge district court was convened and has heard this case pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §§ 2281 and 2284.
Facts
Plaintiff, Elizabeth Smalls, is a black citizen of…
2Cases cited28 opinions
- Dombrowski v. PfisterSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Shelley v. KraemerSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
- United States Ex Rel. Accardi v. ShaughnessySupreme Court of the United States · 1954
- Flemming v. NestorSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
- Jones v. Alfred H. Mayer Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1968
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3Cited by1 opinion
- Kendrick v. Town of Winchester/City of WinstedDistrict Court, D. Connecticut · 1998