Case Name: CAREY, STATE'S ATTORNEY OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS v. WYNN et al.
Court: Supreme Court of the United States
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1978-10-16
Citations: 439 U.S. 8
Docket Number: No. 78-229
Parties: CAREY, STATE’S ATTORNEY OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS v. WYNN et al.
Judges: Mr. Justice Stevens took no part in the consideration or decision of these cases.
Reporter: United States Reports
Volume: 439
Pages: 8–8

Head Matter:
CAREY, STATE’S ATTORNEY OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS v. WYNN et al.
No. 78-229.
Decided October 16, 1978
Together with No. 78-239, Diamond v. Wynn et al., also on appeal from the same court.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
A three-judge District Court entered a declaratory judgment holding unconstitutional certain sections of the Illinois Abortion Act of 1975, Ill. Rev. Stat., ch. 38, § 81-21 et seg. (Supp. 1976). Wynn v. Scott, 449 F. Supp. 1302 (ND Ill. 1978). The District Court assumed that Illinois prosecutors would recognize and abide by the declaratory judgment and denied plaintiffs' request for injunctive relief. Id., at 1331.
The appeals from the declaratory judgment invalidating certain provisions of the statute are dismissed for want of jurisdiction. Title 28 U. S. C. § 1253, the jurisdictional statute under which these appeals are taken, does not authorize an appeal from the grant or denial of declaratory relief alone. Gerstein v. Coe, 417 U. S. 279 (1974). The declaratory judgment is appealable to the Court of Appeals, and we are informed that appeals to that court have been taken.
Appeals dismissed.
Mr. Justice Stevens took no part in the consideration or decision of these cases.