WINTER, Circuit Judge:
Nial Ruth Cox, a 28-year-old black woman, was permanently sterilized at the Washington County Hospital, Plymouth, North Carolina, on February 10, 1965. The operation was performed under the authority of a North Carolina statute which has since been extensively revised.
Suing in the district court, Miss Cox sought damages and a declaratory judgment that the sterilization statute is unconstitutional. She allegedly brought the declaratory...
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