What authority exists on this question suggests that three-judge district courts had no greater authority than conventional district courts. Dyer v. Rich, 259 F. Supp. 736, 740 (N.D.Miss. 1966) (actions of three-judge court must be regarded as actions of conventional district court), Osage Tribe of Indians v. Ickes, 45 F. Supp. 179 (D.D.C. 1942), aff'd 133 F.2d 47 (D.C. Cir.), cert. denied, 319 U.S. 750, 63 S.Ct. 1158, 87 L.Ed. 1704 (1943) (three-judge court has all powers of district court). Nothing in the legislative history of the repeal of 28 U.S.C. § 2281 suggests that three-judge district courts had more authority than conventional district courts.
Fourth Circuit — Tyrone, Inc. v. Wilkinson (C.A.4 Va.), 410 F.2d 639, cert. den., 396 U.S. 985, 90 S.Ct. 477, 478, 24 L.Ed.2d 449; Chester v. Kinnamon (D.C.Md.), 276 F. Supp. 717; Rakes v. Coleman (D.C.Va.), 318 F. Supp. 181. Fifth Circuit — Dyer v. Rich (D.C. Miss.), 259 F. Supp. 736; Smith v. State Executive Committee of Democratic Party (D.C.Ga.), 288 F. Supp. 371; Rodriguez v. Brown (D.C.Tex.), 299 F. Supp. 479, supp.op. 300 F. Supp. 737; McMichen v. State Board of Bar Examiners (D.C.Ga.), 305 F. Supp. 1221; Milner v. Burson (D.C.Ga.), 320 F. Supp. 706. Sixth Circuit — Original Fayette County Civil Welfare League, Inc. v. Ellington (D.C.Tenn.), 309 F. Supp. 89 (by implication); Cholmakjian v. Board of Trustees (D.C.Mich.), 315 F. Supp. 1335.
In such a case the attack is aimed at an allegedly erroneous administrative action. Cf. Dyer v. Rich, 259 F. Supp. 736 (N.D.Miss. 1966); Pervis v. LaMarque Independent School District, 328 F. Supp. 638 (S.D.Tex. 1971). It follows that this is not a three-judge court case.
E. g., Spielman Motor Sales Co. v. Dodge, 295 U.S. 89, 55 S.Ct. 678, 79 L.Ed. 1322 (1935); Bell v. Waterfront Commission of New York Harbor, 279 F.2d 853 (2d Cir. 1960); Valtierra v. Housing Authority of San Jose, 313 F. Supp. 1 (N.D.Cal. 1970); Lazarus v. Faircloth, 301 F. Supp. 266, 270 (S.D.Fla. 1969); Hyden v. Baker, 286 F. Supp. 475, 481 (M.D.Tenn. 1968); Dyer v. Rich, 259 F. Supp. 736, 739 (N.D.Miss. 1966). B. Jurisdiction