· 2/27/1992
Alfred H. Greening, Jr. v. Thomas J. Moran, Individually and as Former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Illinois
Citations
- 953 F.2d 301
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- holding that “it is not appropriate to address the merits in a case to which Younger applies” because “[t]o say that abstention is in order ... is to say that federal courts should not address the merits, period”
- “Now that the state proceeding has reached its end, abstention is no longer appropriate.”
- attorney disciplinary proceeding before state supreme court is judicial in nature
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Judges: Easterbrook, Ripple, Kanne
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