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· 11/17/1986

Boles v. Ellis

Citations

  • 479 U.S. 962
  • 107 S. Ct. 460
  • 93 L. Ed. 2d 405
  • 55 U.S.L.W. 3358
  • 1986 U.S. LEXIS 4775

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  • adopting Title VII’s standards for assessing sex discrimination under Title IX
  • abstention is inappropriate if the two proceedings involve different parties with different interests
  • where no state proceeding against federal plaintiff pending at time of filing of federal action, and subsequently-filed state action was brought by a party other than the federal defendant, abstention is inappropriate

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