Case Name: WILSON v. CITY OF PORT LAVACA et al.
Court: Supreme Court of the United States
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1968-05-20
Citations: 391 U.S. 352
Docket Number: No. 1238
Parties: WILSON v. CITY OF PORT LAVACA et al.
Judges: 
Reporter: United States Reports
Volume: 391
Pages: 352–352

Head Matter:
WILSON v. CITY OF PORT LAVACA et al.
No. 1238.
Decided May 20, 1968.
Willett Wilson, appellant, pro se.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
A three-judge federal court, convened pursuant to 28 U. S. C. § 2281, determined that plaintiff's claim was not "one which must be heard by a three-judge court." 285 F. Supp. 85, 87. It also ruled that the relief sought by plaintiff was not warranted. The district judge in whose court the case was originally filed adopted the action of the court as his own. The resulting situation is similar, we think, to that which results when a single judge declines to convene a three-judge court and denies relief: an appeal lies to the appropriate United States Court of Appeals, and not to this Court. Schackman v. Arnebergh, 387 U. S. 427. It does not appear from the record that a protective appeal was lodged in the Court of Appeals, and the time to do so may have expired. Therefore, we vacate the judgment below and remand the case to the District Court so that it may enter a fresh decree from which a timely appeal may be taken to the Court of Appeals. Utility Comm'n v. Pennsylvania R. Co., 382 U. S. 281, 282.
It is so ordered.