Legal Opinion
Lewis v. Baxley
District Court, M.D. Alabama
Decided December 21, 1973No. Civ. A. 4182-NPublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*772JOHNSON, District Judge:
Plaintiffs,1suing on their own behalf and as representatives of a class composed of newsmen reporting on state governmental activities in Alabama, seek to have one section of the new Alabama ethics statute 2 declared unconstitutional on its face and to have its enforcement enjoined. Plaintiffs invoke the jurisdiction of this Court pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and 28 U.S.C. §§ 1343, 2201, and 2284. Defendant William Baxley is Attorney General of the State of Alabama and is sued in his capacity as such 3 and as representative of a class of defendants composed of those…
2Cases cited33 opinions
- Younger v. HarrisSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Grayned v. City of RockfordSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Railroad Comm'n of Tex. v. Pullman Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1941
- National Ass'n for the Advancement of Colored People v. Alabama Ex Rel. PattersonSupreme Court of the United States · 1958
- Branzburg v. HayesSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
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3Cited by16 opinions
- Robert Sherrill v. H. Stuart Knight, Director, United States Secret ServiceCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1977
- Ottaway Newspapers, Inc. v. Appeals CourtMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1977
- Mudd v. BusseDistrict Court, N.D. Indiana · 1975
- Borreca v. FasiDistrict Court, D. Hawaii · 1974
- Clark Const. Co., Inc. v. PenaDistrict Court, M.D. Alabama · 1996
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