Canaday v. Koch

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• observing, in the emergency housing context, that the “state has constructed a complex system of administrative review and appeal,” via New York Social Services Law § 22
• abstaining where claims related to provision of shelter for homeless families
• court properly abstained where many issues were pending in state court, one of which was the main issue in the federal court suit.
• “Where the interests of the plaintiffs in each of the suits are congruent, Colorado River abstention may be appropriate notwithstanding the nonidentity of the parties.”
• “Where the interests of the [parties] in each of the suits are congruent, Colorado River abstention may be appropriate notwithstanding the nonidentity of the parties.” (citation omitted)
• “In a nutshell, this brand of abstention permits federal courts to exercise their discretion to refrain from interfering with state policymaking and enforcement efforts in complex areas which are primarily of state concern and prerogative.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).