Legal Opinion
Sweeten v. Sneddon
District Court, D. Utah
Decided January 7, 1971No. NC 49-70PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM DECISION
CHRISTENSEN, District Judge.
This case involves questions relating to the necessity of convening a three-judge court, the propriety of a class action in such a case as this, whether the named plaintiff has standing at this time to raise, either by injunctive or declaratory action proceedings, constitutional issues growing out of a state court proceeding, and, if so, whether the refusal by a state court judge to appoint counsel for plaintiff in a misdemeanor case violated any constitutional right.
Jurisdictionally founded on 28 U.S.C. § 1343(3) and (4),1 claim is made of…
2Cases cited42 opinions
- Adickes v. S. H. Kress & Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Younger v. HarrisSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Gideon v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Gideon v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- In Re GAULTSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
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3Cited by9 opinions
- David Wulp v. John H. Corcoran, City Manager, City of Cambridge, MassachusettsCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1972
- Pugh v. RainwaterCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1973
- Hopson v. SchillingDistrict Court, N.D. Indiana · 1976
- Robert John Morgan, for Himself and for All Others Similarly Situated v. Charles A. Wofford, as Judge of the Superior Court of Fulton CountyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1973
- Sweeten v. SneddonCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1972
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