“It seems beyond question that a district court may not compel the violation of an express congressional prohibition.”
How later courts described this case
- “It seems beyond question that a district court may not compel the violation of an express congressional prohibition.”
- violation of statute and Fourth’ Amendment
Written by the judges who cited it.
The opinion
VAN DUSEN, Circuit Judge,
concurs in Part II of this opinion only, since he believes that courts should avoid decision of constitutional questions wherever possible, and should ordinarily decide cases on the narrowest possible ground.