J.D., A CHILD v. STATE OF FLORIDA

How courts have described this case

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

• holding federal courts are bound by a state’s interpretation of its own laws and cannot substitute their judgment for that of the state
• holding that state courts have final interpretative authority of own laws
• holding federal courts are bound by a state’s interpretation of its own laws and cannot substitute their judgment for that of the state
• noting that state courts “have the final authority to interpret” state law
• prior state law consulted to shed light on conclusory state supreme court opinion; judgment found unconstitutional
• restaurant owner s unsubstantiated fear could not justify the arrest of black students quietly sitting at a segregated lunch counter

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