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

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

External links

• Text of Zwickler v. Koota, 389 U.S. 241 (1967) is available from: Cornell Findlaw Justia