Swisher v. Brady

This is an appeal from a three-judge District Court for the District of Maryland. Nine minors, appellees here, .brought an action under 42 U. S. C. § 1983, seeking a declaratory judgment and injunctive relief to prevent the State from filing exceptions with the Juvenile Court to proposed findings and recommendations made by masters of that court. The minors’ claim was based on an alleged violation of the Double Jeopardy Clause of the Fifth Amendment, as applied to the States through the Fourteenth Amendment. The District Court’s jurisdiction was invoked under 28 U. S. C. §§ 1343, 2281, and…