Legal Opinion
Anderson v. Vaughn
District Court, D. Connecticut
Decided May 18, 1971No. Civ. 14094PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OF DECISION
J. JOSEPH SMITH, Circuit Judge:
This is an action brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and 28 U.S.C. § 1343 seeking a declaration of the constitutional invalidity of a Connecticut statute which makes it a criminal offense for a person to “carry or display a red flag or any other emblem as a symbol calculated to, or which may, incite people to disorders or breaches of the law.”1 Since the constitutional validity of a state statute was at issue, a three-judge federal district court was convened pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §§ 2281, 2284.
We first consider the problem of whether…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Younger v. HarrisSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Cantwell v. ConnecticutSupreme Court of the United States · 1940
- United States v. O'BrienSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Chaplinsky v. New HampshireSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
- Keyishian v. Board of Regents of Univ. of State of NYSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
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3Cited by21 opinions
- Steffel v. ThompsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- David Wulp v. John H. Corcoran, City Manager, City of Cambridge, MassachusettsCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1972
- Janice Abele v. Arnold MarkleCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1971
- Robert Alan Jones, Individually, Etc. v. Henry Wade, Individually, Etc., and Frank Dyson, Individually, Etc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1973
- Thoms v. SmithDistrict Court, D. Connecticut · 1971
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