Legal Opinion
Leo F. Benoit v. Alfred Gardner
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided October 29, 1965No. 6541PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ALDRICH, Chief Judge.
This is an appeal by a plaintiff from the judgment of a single judge of the district court denying a prayer that he request the chief judge of the circuit to designate a three-judge district court, 28 U.S.C. § 2284, and dismissing the complaint on the merits. The complaint alleges that plaintiff had been a public official of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts for a number of years; that in connection with its investigation of corrupt practices in the Commonwealth a body known as the Massachusetts Crime Commission, created by Mass. Resolves (1962) ch. 146, summoned…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Dombrowski v. PfisterSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Hurtado v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1884
- Snowden v. HughesSupreme Court of the United States · 1944
- Sweezy v. New Hampshire Ex Rel. WymanSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
- Samuel Bailey v. Joe T. PattersonSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
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3Cited by29 opinions
- Boddie v. State of ConnecticutDistrict Court, D. Connecticut · 1968
- Florencio Merced Rosa, Etc. v. Blas C. Herrero, Jr., Etc.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1970
- Crow v. California Department of Human ResourcesDistrict Court, N.D. California · 1970
- Owen F. Lyons v. John F. X. Davoren, as Secretary of State, MassachusettsCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1969
- Wilson v. WeaverDistrict Court, N.D. Illinois · 1973
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