WHITEHILL

v.

ELKINS, PRESIDENT, UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, ET AL.

Citator

Cited By

• Zwickler v. Koota, 389 U.S. 241 (U.S. 1967)
  …lant’s appeal presents an important question of the scope of the discretion of the district courts to abstain from deciding the merits of a challenge that a state statute on its face violates the Federal Constitution, we noted probable jurisdiction. 386 U. S. 906. We reverse. We shall consider first whether abstention from the declaratory judgment sought by appellant would have been appropriate in the absence of his request for injunc-tive relief, and second, if not, whether abstention was nevertheless jus…
• Wyandotte Transp. Co. v. United States, 389 U.S. 191 (U.S. 1967)
  …igent sinking of a vessel. United [*194] States v. Cargill, Inc., 367 F. 2d 971 (1966). Because of a conflict among the circuits and because of the important question regarding interpretation of a statute of the United States, we granted certiorari. 386 U. S. 906 (1967). We affirm the judgment below. The crucial facts of both cases occurred in March 1961. The Cargill libel alleges that, at that time, a supertanker bound up the Mississippi for Baton Rouge, Louisiana, collided with two barges moored by a tug.…
• Whitehill v. Elkins, 389 U.S. 54 (U.S. 1967)
  …Douglas delivered the opinion of the Court. This suit for declaratory relief that a Maryland teacher’s oath required of appellant was unconstitutional was heard by a three-judge court and dismissed. 258 P. Supp. 589. We noted probable jurisdiction. 386 U. S. 906. Appellant, who was offered a teaching position with the University of Maryland, refused to take the following oath: “I,-, do hereby (Print Name— including middle initial) certify that I am not engaged in one way or another in the attempt to overt…