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· 12/12/1983

Brewer v. City of Bristol

Citations

  • 577 F. Supp. 519
  • 1983 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 20444

How courts have described this case

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  • diligence of prosecution of state enforcement effort must be balanced against timing, especially where state effort was not instituted promptly
  • “While it is possible that the federal court might impose greater sanctions on the defendant that those imposed by the state court or impose a heavier penalty, [or vice versa], in all probability those sanctions would be cumulative rather than conflicting.”

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Judges: Hull

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