Legal Opinion
Burhoe v. Byrne
District Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided September 6, 1968No. Civ. A. No. 68-540PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
JULIAN, District Judge.
This is a civil action in which plaintiff requests that a three-judge district court be empanelled. 28 U.S.C. §§ 2281, 2284. Plaintiff seeks both an interlocutory and a permanent injunction restraining defendant from prosecuting plaintiff under a criminal indictment now pending in Suffolk County Superior Court. The gist of the complaint is the contention that such a prosecution would constitute double jeopardy and that, accordingly, the State statute which authorizes such a prosecution, M.G.L. c. 218, § 30, is unconstitutional under the Fifth and…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Dombrowski v. PfisterSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Douglas v. City of JeannetteSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
- Cameron v. JohnsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Idlewild Bon Voyage Liquor Corp. v. EpsteinSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
- Commonwealth v. RiceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1914
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3Cited by14 opinions
- Lataille v. District Court of Eastern HampdenMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1974
- A JuvenileMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1974
- Commonwealth v. BrittMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1972
- Commonwealth v. ClemmonsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1976
- Commonwealth v. FriendMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1984
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