Legal Opinion
Kansas Retail Trade Cooperative v. Stephan
District Court, D. Kansas
Decided September 18, 1981No. Civ. 81-1265PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
KELLY, District Judge.
The plaintiffs in this action pray for an order declaring facially unconstitutional Senate Substitute for House Bill No. 2020 (H.B. 2020), which imposes criminal penalties for the manufacture, sale or possession of certain items characterized as drug paraphernalia and simulated controlled substances. Federal jurisdiction for this action is based on 28 U.S.C. § 1343(3) & (4), in that plaintiffs claim under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 that the defendants’ actions will violate their rights under the color of state law. The plaintiffs contend jurisdiction is also…
2Cases cited28 opinions
- Grayned v. City of RockfordSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Grayned v. City of RockfordSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Railroad Comm'n of Tex. v. Pullman Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1941
- Steffel v. ThompsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Screws v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
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3Cited by11 opinions
- United States v. SaffoCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 2000
- State v. DunnSupreme Court of Kansas · 1983
- Moody v. Board of Shawnee County Comm'rsSupreme Court of Kansas · 1985
- Kansas Retail Trade Cooperative v. Robert T. StephanCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1982
- State v. HughesSupreme Court of Kansas · 1990
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