41 68 Gerstein v. Coe 8212 1157
| Decision Date | 03 June 1974 |
| Docket Number | No. 73,73 |
| Citation | 417 U.S. 279,94 S.Ct. 2246,41 L.Ed.2d 68 |
| Parties | . 41 L.Ed.2d 68 Richard E. GERSTEIN et al. v. Nancy COE et al. —1157 |
| Court | U.S. Supreme Court |
A three-judge District Court entered a declaratory judgment holding unconstitutional a Florida statute, Fla.Stat.Ann. § 458.22(3) (Supp.1974—1975), which forbids an abortion without the consent of the husband, if the woman is married, and if unmarried and under the age of 18, without the consent of a parent. Because it was anticipated that the State would respect the declaratory judgment, the court declined to issue an injunction against the enforcement of the statute. The State of Florida appeals from the declaratory judgment invalidating the statute. The appeal is dismissed for want of jurisdiction. Title 28 U.S.C. § 1253, under which this appeal is sought to be taken, does not authorize an appeal from the grant or denial of declaratory relief alone. Gunn v. University Committee, 399 U.S. 383, 90 S.Ct. 2013, 26 L.Ed.2d 684 (1970); Mitchell v. Donovan, 398 U.S. 427, 90 S.Ct. 1763, 26 L.Ed.2d 378 (1970); Rockefeller v. Catholic Medical Center of Brooklyn & Queens, Inc., Division of St. Mary's Hospital, 397 U.S. 820, 90 S.Ct. 1517, 25 L.Ed.2d 806 (1970); see also Roe v. Wade, 410 U.S. 113, 123, 93 S.Ct. 705, 711, 33 L.Ed.2d 147 (1973). The declaratory judgment is appealable to the Court of Appeals, and we are informed that an appeal to that court has already been taken. It is suggested that we treat the statement of jurisdiction as a petition for certiorari before judgment to the Court of Appeals pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1254(1). The petition for certiorari is denied.
Appeal dismissed; petition for certiorari denied.
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