Chlystek v. Kane

OPINION OF THE COURT

ADAMS, Circuit Judge.

This is the third time that the petitioner’s request for the convening of a three-judge court has been before us. Previously, this Court decided that the cause of action involved a “substantial federal question.”1 Now we must determine whether the complaint alleges a basis for granting equitable relief.

A

The petition for summary reversal relates, and the respondents do not deny, the following statement of the case: Adam Chlystek was divorced from his wife on the ground of his adultery. For the last thirty-five years he has lived with Helen Chlystek, the…