Trafficante v. Metropolitan Life Insurance

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided 1972-12-07

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Mr. Justice White, with whom Mr. Justice Black-mun and Mr. Justice Powell join, concurring. Absent the Civil Rights Act of 1968,1 would have great difficulty in concluding that petitioners’ complaint in this case presented a case or controversy within the jurisdiction of the District Court under Art. Ill of the Constitution. But with that statute purporting to give all those who a…

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