Legal Opinion
Maria Mercado, A/K/A Crespo v. Nelson A. Rockefeller, Governor of the State of New York,respondents-Appellees
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided August 15, 1974No. 449, Docket 73-2120PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WATERMAN, Circuit Judge:
This is an appeal from an order of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York dismissing appellants’ complaint for failure to exhaust available state remedies. The opinion of Judge Frankel below is reported at 363 F.Supp. 489 (1973). Appellants seek to have the order below reversed and the case remanded to the district court with instructions to proceed to a consideration of the merits of their claim that § 712(b) of the New York Family Court Act is unconstitutional on the ground that it is void for vagueness. As will appear from our…
2Cases cited21 opinions
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- Gibson v. BerryhillSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
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- Beck v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
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3Cited by19 opinions
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- Joseph Hawkins, A/K/A Joseph Davis v. Eugene Lefevre, Superintendent, Clinton Correctional FacilityCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1985
- Woe v. MathewsDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 1976
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