Legal Opinion
Harris v. Younger
District Court, C.D. California
Decided March 11, 1968No. 67-1041-WPGPublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WILLIAM P. GRAY, District Judge.
The plaintiffs in this action challenge California’s Criminal Syndicalism Act (the Act), which was first adopted by the legislature in 1919 and constitutes sections 11400-11402 of the Penal Code of that state. 1 It is urged in the com plaint that the Act is unconstitutional on its face as being in violation of the First and Fourteenth Amendments of the United States Constitution, and this three judge court is asked to enjoin its enforcement.
As the previously indicated footnote discloses, section 11400 defines criminal syndicalism as meaning “ * * * any doctrine…
2Cases cited28 opinions
- Connally v. General Construction Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1926
- National Ass'n for the Advancement of Colored People v. ButtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- West Virginia State Board of Education v. BarnetteSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
- Dombrowski v. PfisterSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Shelton v. TuckerSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
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3Cited by24 opinions
- Younger v. HarrisSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Arnold E. Strasser v. Joseph A. Doorley, Jr.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1970
- TX Alli for Retd Amer v. ScottCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2022
- J. L. Leflore v. James RobinsonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1970
- Younger v. HarrisSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
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