William O. Douglas

“ The three-judge-court statute, 28 U.S.C. § 2281, speaks of 'the enforcement, operation or execution of any State statute.' A city ordinance or a county regulation does not meet that requirement, and so the county regulations involved in Moody did not satisfy the statute though enacted by the State. If the source of the authority is state action, the statute is presumably satisfied, since normally of course, state laws have an impact on activities in every city and every county. ”

“ Tr. of Oral Arg. 6-7. ' (A) t the University of Texas at Austin alone,' counsel told us, 'there are 40,000 students, and over 7,000 employees on a 265-acre campus. When you include all the other campuses and institutions, I'm hard put to say how many people are involved; but many, many thousands.' Id., at 10.↑ See n. 1, supra.↑ That a 'statewide concern' sufficient to require a three-judge court is present is evidenced by Alabama State Teachers Assn. ”