Meyer v. Austin
District Court, M.D. Florida
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
WILLIAM A. McRAE, Jr., District Judge:
Plaintiffs have brought this action seeking injunctive, declaratory, and other relief, and in particular challenging the constitutionality of the Florida obscenity statute, section 847.011.1 A three-judge court was convened pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §§ 2281, 2284, and evidence was taken at the hearing held January 17, 1970. The Court has jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. §§ 1331, 1332, 1343, 2201, and 42 U.S.C. § 1983, and it finds that abstention is not appropriate because of the authoritative rulings of the Florida state courts2 and because of the…
Also in this document: Dissent; Per curiam.
2Cases cited75 opinions
- Griswold v. ConnecticutSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Roth v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
- Dombrowski v. PfisterSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Haguer v. Committee for Industrial OrganizationSupreme Court of the United States · 1939
- Stanley v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
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3Cited by14 opinions
- United States v. James Norman HillCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1974
- Rhodes v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1973
- Mitchem v. State Ex Rel. SchaubSupreme Court of Florida · 1971
- Bryers v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1972
- Austin v. MeyerSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
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