Legal Opinion
Goldman v. Knecht
District Court, D. Colorado
Decided February 3, 1969No. Civ. A. C-974PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
WILLIAM E. DOYLE, District Judge.
The complaint in this case questions the constitutionality of the Colorado vagrancy statute, C.R.S.1963, § 40-8-19, as amended, and demands injunctive and declaratory judgment relief.
Plaintiffs have been and allegedly are being threatened with prosecution under this statute. In seeking relief in this Court, they invoke 28 U.S.C. § 1343(3) & (4), and, in essence, complain that the application of the Colorado statute to them violates rights guaranteed by the Fourteenth Amendment of the Constitution of the United States, together with…
2Cases cited62 opinions
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- Thornhill v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1940
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