Supreme Court· 6/1/1964

Baggett v. Bullitt

Citations

377 U.S. 360
84 S. Ct. 1316
12 L. Ed. 2d 377
1964 U.S. LEXIS 1140

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“exercise of a court’s equity powers ... must be made on a case-by-case basis”
\The abstention doctrine is not an automatic rule applied whenever a federal court is faced with a doubtful issue of state law; it rather involves a discretionary exercise of a court’s equity powers\
“The abstention doctrine is not an automatic rule applied whenever a federal court is faced with a doubtful issue of state law; it rather involves a discretionary exercise of a court’s equity powers.”
“The abstention doctrine is not an automatic rule applied whenever a federal court is faced with a doubtful issue of state law; it rather involves a discretionary exercise of a court’s equity powers.”
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Judges: White, Clark, Harlan

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