WISCONSIN v. CONSTANTINEAU

No. 95.

400 U.S. 433 (1971)

WISCONSIN v. CONSTANTINEAU.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 19, 1971


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Benjamin Southwick, Assistant Attorney General of Wisconsin, argued the cause for appellant. With him on the brief were Robert W. Warren, Attorney General, and Robert D. Martinson, Assistant Attorney General.

S. A. Schapiro argued the cause and filed a brief for appellee.


MR. JUSTICE DOUGLAS delivered the opinion of the Court.

Appellee is an adult resident of Hartford, Wis. She brought suit in a federal district court in Wisconsin to have a Wisconsin statute declared unconstitutional.1 A three-judge court was convened, 28 U. S. C. § 2281. That court, by a divided vote, held the Act unconstitutional, 302 F.Supp. 861, and...

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