Younger v. Gilmore

U.S.

Court: Supreme Court of the United States

Citations: 404 U.S. 15, 30 L. Ed. 2d 142, 92 S. Ct. 250, 1971 U.S. LEXIS 672, SCDB 1971-005

Decision Date: 11/8/1971

Docket Number: No. 70-9

Jurisdiction: U.S.

Bluebook Citation: Younger v. Gilmore, 404 U.S. 15, 30 L. Ed. 2d 142, 92 S. Ct. 250, 1971 U.S. LEXIS 672, SCDB 1971-005 (1971)

More Cases: U.S. decisions from 1971

YOUNGER, ATTORNEY GENERAL OF CALIFORNIA, et al. v. GILMORE et al.

Attorneys

George R. Nock, Deputy Attorney General of California, argued the cause for appellants. With him on the briefs were Evelle J. Younger, Attorney General, pro se, Albert W. Harris, Jr., Assistant Attorney General, and Robert R. Granucd, Deputy Attorney General.
John Eshleman Wahl, by appointment of the Court, post, p'. 814, argued the cause for appellees. With him on the brief was Marshall W. Krause.
Jack Greenberg, James M. Nabrit III, Charles Stephen Ralston, Stanley A. Bass, Anthony G. Amsterdam, William Bennett Turner, and Alice Daniel filed a brief for the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc., et al. as amici curiae urging affirmance.

majority Per Curiam.

On this appeal we postponed the question of jurisdiction pending the hearing of the case on the merits. 401 U. S. 906 (1971).

Having heard the case on its merits, we find that this Court does have jurisdiction (Alabama Teachers v. Alabama Public School and College Authority, 393 U. S. 400 (1969)) and affirm the judgment of the District Court for the Northern District of California. Johnson v. Avery, 393 U. S. 483 (1969).

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