Legal Opinion
Davy v. Sullivan
District Court, M.D. Alabama
Decided February 16, 1973No. Civ. A. 3754-NPublishedCited by 40 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
2Per curiam
In this section 1983 action,1 plaintiffs challenge the constitutionality of Ala*1323bama’s criminal sexual psychopath statute, Tit. 15, §§ 434-442 (Recomp.1958), as amended (1971 Supp.),2 and seek a permanent injunction restraining defendants from enforcing that law on the ground of its unconstitutionality. The Chief Judge of this Circuit convened a three-judge court pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2281.
Alabama’s criminal sexual psychopath law provides for commitment of those persons who suffer from a “mental disorder” and exhibit “criminal propensities to the commission of sex offenses” [Tit. 15,…
3Cases cited36 opinions
- Monroe v. PapeSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Williams v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
- Robinson v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
- Trop v. DullesSupreme Court of the United States · 1958
- Zwickler v. KootaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
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4Cited by40 opinions
- Lynch v. BaxleyDistrict Court, M.D. Alabama · 1974
- State v. KrolSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1975
- Jones v. DiamondCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1975
- People v. FeagleyCalifornia Supreme Court · 1975
- Kenneth Donaldson v. J. B. O'connor, M.D. And John Gumanis, M.D.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1974
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