Cameron v. Johnson

U.S.

Court: Supreme Court of the United States

Citations: 381 U.S. 741, 14 L. Ed. 2d 715, 85 S. Ct. 1751, 1965 U.S. LEXIS 975, SCDB 1964-134

Decision Date: 6/7/1965

Docket Number: No. 587

Jurisdiction: U.S.

Bluebook Citation: Cameron v. Johnson, 381 U.S. 741, 14 L. Ed. 2d 715, 85 S. Ct. 1751, 1965 U.S. LEXIS 975, SCDB 1964-134 (1965)

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CAMERON et al. v. JOHNSON, GOVERNOR OF MISSISSIPPI, et al.

Judges

with whom Mr. Justice Harlan and Mr. Justice Stewart join,

Attorneys

Arthur Kinoy, William M. Kunstler, Benjamin E. Smith, Bruce C. Waltzer, Melvin Wulf and Morton Stavis for appellants.
Joe T. Patterson, Attorney General of Mississippi, and William A. Attain, Assistant Attorney General, for appellees.

majority Per Curiam.

Appellants brought this action, inter alia, under § 1979 of the Revised Statutes, 42 U. S. C. § 1983 (1958 ed.), to enjoin enforcement of the Mississippi Anti-Picketing statute, on the grounds that it was an unconstitutionally broad regulation of speech, and that it was being applied for the purpose of discouraging appellants’ civil rights activities.

The motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis is granted. The judgment is vacated and the cause remanded for reconsideration in light of Domhrowski v. Pfister, 380 U. S. 479. On remand, the District Court should first consider whether 28 U. S. C. § 2283 (1958 ed.) bars a federal injunction in this case, see 380 U. S., at 484, n. 2. If § 2283 is not a bar, the court should then determine whether relief is proper in light of the criteria set forth in Dombrowski.

House Bill No. 546, Gen. Laws of Miss. 1964, c. 343.

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