City of Los Angeles v. Lyons
- Decided
- April 20, 1983
- Docket
- 81-1064
- Status
- Published
- Jurisdiction
- Federal
Cited 5,797 timesOverruled on other grounds (not yet verified)Possible negative treatment: overruled on other grounds, abrogated on other grounds (not yet verified) · Lawanda D. Small v. Allianz Life Insurance Company of North America
What later courts said
- recognizing that principles of comity and federalism counsel against issuing injunctions against state law enforcement authorities absent showing of substantial and immediate irreparable injury — Jones v. Caruso (2009)
- holding that citizen subjected to police choke hold was not entitled to federal court injunction against future police choke holds — State v. Bey (1992)
- holding that the threat must be "`real and immediate'" as opposed to "`conjectural' or `hypothetical'" — Jones v. City Of Los Angeles (2006)
Each line is a later court’s own words about this case, not a summary. Read the opinion before relying on it.
How the opinion begins
Justice White delivered the opinion of the Court.
The issue here is whether respondent Lyons satisfied the prerequisites for seeking injunctive relief in the Federal District Court.
I
Statutes cited
Cite this
City of Los Angeles v. Lyons, 461 U.S. 95 (1983)Read the full opinion
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