Legal Opinion
Maryland Petition Committee v. Johnson
District Court, D. Maryland
Decided March 27, 1967No. Civ. 17826PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
THOMSEN, Chief Judge.
Plaintiffs seek a declaratory judgment that the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States is null and void and of no effect and an injunction restraining the further enforcement of any of its provisions. They contend that the Fourteenth Amendment was not proposed and adopted in accordance with Article V of the Constitution 1 in that less than two-thirds of the total membership of the House of Representatives voted to propose the amendment, 2 and less than three-fourths of the States duly ratified it.. 3
Defendants 4 have moved to dismiss the action for…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Massachusetts v. MellonSupreme Court of the United States · 1923
- Coleman v. MillerSupreme Court of the United States · 1939
- Perkins v. Lukens Steel Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1940
- Fairchild v. HughesSupreme Court of the United States · 1922
- Leser v. GarnettSupreme Court of the United States · 1922
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3Cited by5 opinions
- United States v. James FosterCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1986
- United States v. HouseDistrict Court, W.D. Michigan · 1985
- United States v. SitkaDistrict Court, D. Connecticut · 1987
- In the Matter of the Maryland Petition Committee v. Lyndon B. Johnson, President of the United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1968
- Scott v. Comptroller of TreasuryCourt of Special Appeals of Maryland · 1995