GREENSPAN v. KLEIN

No. 76-1726.

550 F.2d 856 (1977)

BERNARD GREENSPAN, Appellant, v. Ann KLEIN, Individually and as Commissioner, Department of Institutions and Agencies, State of New Jersey, and Gerald J. Reilly, Individually and as Director, Division of Medical Assistance and Health Services, jointly, severally and in the alternative, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided February 10, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Karl Asch, Elizabeth, N.J., Elson P. Kendall, Clark, N.J., for appellant.

William F. Hyland, Atty. Gen., Erminie L. Conley, Robert E. Popkin, Deputy Attys. Gen., Trenton, N.J., for appellees.

Before ROSENN and HUNTER, Circuit Judges, and SNYDER, District Judge.


JAMES HUNTER, III, Circuit Judge:

This appeal from the denial of plaintiff Greenspan's request for a preliminary injunction against New Jersey state officials raises the issue of a single district judge's power to deny a preliminary injunction request, or to abstain, after deciding that the constitutional question presented could be heard only by a three-judge court. For the following reasons, we hold that a single judge...

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