Court Opinion

ID: 9424346
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-02 23:11:19.32765+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:22:49.782873
License: Public Domain

Mr. Justice White,
with whom Mr. Justice Brennan joins,
concurring.
I join the opinion of the Court but deem it appropriate to express my view that the opinion of the District Court should be viewed as having the operative effect of a declaratory judgment invalidating the Texas statute at issue in this case. The appellants were thus entitled to have this phase of the case reviewed in the Court of Appeals, but could not come directly here since our § 1253 jurisdiction is limited to appeals from injunc-tive orders. I agree with the Court that the opinion of the District Court cannot be construed as an order granting an injunction and that, if it amounts to an order denying an injunction, it is not appealable to this Court by the appellants.