Zwickler v. Koota

Zwickler v. Koota
Zwickler v. Koota
	Supreme Court of the United States
Decided December 5, 1967
Full case name	Zwickler v. Koota
Citations	389 U.S. 241 (more)
Holding
	A federal court cannot use the abstention doctrine to avoid a constitutional issue merely because it determines that the plaintiff is unlikely to receive the relief they requested.
Court membership
	Chief Justice Earl Warren Associate Justices Hugo Black · William O. Douglas; John M. Harlan II · William J. Brennan Jr.; Potter Stewart · Byron White; Abe Fortas · Thurgood Marshall
Case opinions
Majority	Brennan
Concurrence	Harlan

Zwickler v. Koota, 389 U.S. 241 (1967), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held that a federal court cannot use the abstention doctrine to avoid a constitutional issue merely because it determines that the plaintiff is unlikely to receive the relief they requested.^[1] The underlying case was about an anonymous handbill law that the Court believed was overbroad.^[2]

References

^ Zwickler v. Koota, 389 U.S. 241 (1967)
^ Lieberman, Jethro K. (1999). "Overbreadth Doctrine". A Practical Companion to the Constitution. p. 338.

External links

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[1] Zwickler v. Koota, 389 U.S. 241 (1967)

[2] Lieberman, Jethro K. (1999). "Overbreadth Doctrine". A Practical Companion to the Constitution. p. 338.

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