Legal Opinion
Goosby v. Osser
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided January 17, 1973No. 71-6316PublishedCited by 426 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Brennan
The question is whether 28 U. S. C. § 2281 1 required the convening of a three-judge court in the District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania to hear this case. It is a class action brought by and on behalf of persons awaiting trial and confined in Philadelphia County prisons because either unable to afford bail or because charged with nonbailable offenses. The complaint alleges that provisions of the Pennsylvania Election Code, in violation of the Equal Protection and Due Process Clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment, absolutely deny petitioners' class the right to vote in that…
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