Christian Action Network v. Maine

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• recognizing that the First Circuit has not clearly stated “any pleading or burden requirements” in the context of abstention and choosing not to apply either Rule 12(b)(1) or Rule 12(b)(6
• “Extraordinary circumstances include bad faith, harassment and extreme bias; great and immediate irreparable harm to core constitutional values . . .”
• “Because abstention is involved, I do not consider myself limited to the facts that the plaintiff pleaded to determine whether comity and federalism counsel against my exercise of jurisdiction, and I do not rely upon the pleading or burden requirements of either Rule 12(b

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