Legal Opinion
Kavanagh v. Brown
District Court, E.D. Michigan
Decided June 18, 1962No. Civ. A. No. 21517PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
THORNTON, District Judge.
A statutory three-judge court was convened pursuant to 28 U.S.C.A. § 2281. Jurisdiction is alleged to exist under 28 U.S.C.A. § 1331(a) 1 Plaintiffs are two of the eight Supreme Court justices of the State of Michigan. They assert rights which they claim are protected by the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States. The three defendants are office holders (at the time of the commencement of this action) of the State of Michigan in the respective capacities set forth in the title of this action. They filed a motion to…
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