Opinion

Hobson v. Board of Elections

  • 402 U.S. 988
  • 29 L. Ed. 2d 154
  • 91 S. Ct. 1664
  • 1971 U.S. LEXIS 2099
Court
Supreme Court of the United States
Filed
May 17, 1971
Status
Published
On the bench
Basis, Black, Douglas, Granted, Mitchell, Should, Whom
Cited by
47 cases
Authority
More cited than 97.7%

reversing issuance of injunction justified only by the possibility of collateral estoppel in parallel securities litigations

How later courts described this case

  • reversing issuance of injunction justified only by the possibility of collateral estoppel in parallel securities litigations
  • under the facts of the case, delay in obtaining a warrant would have greatly increased the likelihood that the evidence would either be destroyed or removed
  • search imperative where heroin is known to be concealed on premises and search warrant is not immediately procurable

Written by the judges who cited it.

Distinguished

  • Distinguished by United States v. Bosurgi, 530 F.2d 1105 (1976)

    Vernitron Corp. v. Benjamin, 440 F.2d 105 (2d Cir.), cert. denied, 402 U.S. 987, 91 S.Ct. 1664, 29 L.Ed.2d 154 (1971), relied upon by SAICI, is clearly distinguishable.
    Court of Appeals for the Second CircuitJan 29, 19762 citing opinionsRead it

The opinion

C. A. D. C. Cir. Certiorari denied.

Mr. Justice Black, with whom Mr. Justice Douglas joins, is of the opinion that certiorari should be granted on the basis of Mr. Justice Black’s dissent in United Public Workers v. Mitchell, 330 U. S. 75, 105 (1947).

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