Hicks v. Miranda

Hicks v. Miranda
Hicks v. Miranda
	Supreme Court of the United States
Decided June 24, 1975
Full case name	Hicks v. Miranda
Citations	422 U.S. 332 (more)
Holding
	The Anti-Injunction Act does apply to state criminal proceedings initiated after a federal complaint is filed but before there has been a "proceeding of substance on the merits" in federal court.
Court membership
	Chief Justice Warren E. Burger Associate Justices William O. Douglas · William J. Brennan Jr.; Potter Stewart · Byron White; Thurgood Marshall · Harry Blackmun; Lewis F. Powell Jr. · William Rehnquist
Case opinions
Majority	White
Concurrence	Burger
Dissent	Stewart, joined by Douglass, Brennan, Marshall
Laws applied
	Anti-Injunction Act

Hicks v. Miranda, 422 U.S. 332 (1975), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held that the Anti-Injunction Act does apply to state criminal proceedings initiated after a federal complaint is filed but before there has been a "proceeding of substance on the merits" in federal court.^[1]^[2] The case involved the pornographic film Deep Throat.^[2]

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^ Hicks v. Miranda, 422 U.S. 332 (1975).
^ ^a ^b Remley, William L. (1976). "Limitation on the Federal Courts' Power to Enjoin State Criminal Proceedings: Hicks v. Miranda, 422 U.S. 332 (1975)". Gonzaga L. Rev. 11: 739.

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[case-1] Hicks v. Miranda, 422 U.S. 332 (1975).

[Remley1976-2] Remley, William L. (1976). "Limitation on the Federal Courts' Power to Enjoin State Criminal Proceedings: Hicks v. Miranda, 422 U.S. 332 (1975)". Gonzaga L. Rev. 11: 739.

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