Perez v. Ledesma

Mr. Justice Brennan,

with whom Mr. Justice White and Mr. Justice Marshall join, concurring in part and dissenting in part.

This case presents questions regarding federal court intervention affecting the administration of state criminal laws that were not presented in No. 2, Younger v. Harris, ante, p. 37; No. 7, Samuels v. Mackell, and No. 9, Fernandez v. Mackell, ante, p. 66; No. 4, Boyle v. Landry, ante, p. 77; No. 83, Byrne v. Karalexis, post, p. 216; and No. 41, Dyson v. Stein, post, p. 200, all decided today.

Appellees operate a newsstand in the Parish of St. Bernard, Louisiana. On January…