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JUIDICE v. VAIL

No. 75-1397.

430 U.S. 327 (1977)

JUIDICE ET AL., JUDGES v. VAIL ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 22, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

A. Seth Greenwald, Assistant Attorney General of New York, argued the cause for appellants. With him on the briefs were Louis J. Lefkowitz, Attorney General, and Samuel A. Hirshowitz, First Assistant Attorney General.

Jane E. Bloom argued the cause for appellees. With her on the brief were John D. Gorman, Joseph J. Levin, Jr., and Morris Dees.*

MR. JUSTICE REHNQUIST delivered the opinion of the Court.

Appellee Harry Vail, Jr., is a judgment debtor who was held in contempt of court by the County Court of Dutchess County, N. Y., and who thereafter sought to have the statutory provisions authorizing contempts enjoined as unconstitutional in an action brought under 42 U. S. C. § 1983 in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. The...

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