Legal Opinion
Johnson v. Town of Deerfield
District Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided January 4, 1939No. 64PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BREWSTER, District Judge.
This bill of complaint is brought for the purpose of obtaining a declaratory judgment decreeing a statute of Massachusetts void, as violating rights secured to the plaintiffs by the Constitution of the United States. An application for a temporary injunction was heard by a three-judge court upon the verified allegations of the bill. The following facts are alleged:
The plaintiffs are a father and three of his minor children, residing in the Town of Deerfield.
The defendants are the Town of Deer-field, the School Committee and the Superintendent of Schools in that town.
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