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GOLDEN v. ZWICKLER

No. 370.

394 U.S. 103 (1969)

GOLDEN, ACTING DISTRICT ATTORNEY OF KINGS COUNTY v. ZWICKLER.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 4, 1969.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Samuel A. Hirshowitz, First Assistant Attorney General of New York, argued the cause for appellant. With him on the brief were Louis J. Lefkowitz, Attorney General, and Brenda Soloff, Assistant Attorney General.

Emanuel Redfield argued the cause and filed a brief for appellee.

Joseph B. Robison and Beverly Coleman filed a brief for the American Jewish Congress, as amicus curiae, urging affirmance.

MR. JUSTICE BRENNAN delivered the opinion of the Court.

This case was here before as Zwickler v. Koota, 389 U.S. 241 (1967). We there held that the three-judge District Court for the Eastern District of New York erred in abstaining from deciding whether Zwickler, appellee in the instant case, was entitled to a declaratory judgment respecting the constitutionality of New York Penal Law § 781-b, now New York Election...

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